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The ABC fact-checked an AI scam. Here's what we found
By Grace Atta

As artificial intelligence becomes more prolific in modern society, scammers are using the tool to produce highly convincing scams that leave even the experts second-guessing.

abc.net.au/news/2025-04-28/sca

ABC News · How AI is being used to create sophisticated scams that leave even experts second-guessingBy Grace Atta

Is anybody looking for the love scammer who ruined Donna's life?
By Leisa Scott and Olivia Rousset

Grandmother Donna Nelson sits alone in a Japanese jail for 23 hours a day, far from the life she planned with her online boyfriend of two years. The court accepted the 59-year-old was love scammed, but sentenced her anyway.

abc.net.au/news/2025-04-28/per

ABC News · Perth grandmother Donna Nelson's daughters fight for her release from prison in JapanBy Leisa Scott

As scammers latch on to AI, Microsoft says it blocks 1.6 million bots every hour
By Brianna Morris-Grant

Artificial intelligence is a scammer's newest tool as experts warn they can generate fake photos, voice clones, phishing emails and fake websites “at an increasingly rapid rate”.

abc.net.au/news/2025-04-18/art

ABC News · As scammers latch on to artificial intelligence, Microsoft says it blocks 1.6 million bots every hourBy Brianna Morris-Grant