Generative AI makes fraud fluent – from phishing lures to fake lovers

Spam messages predate the web itself, and generative AI has given it a fluency upgrade, churning out slick, localized scams and letting crooks hit regions and dialects they used to ignore. One of the red flags that traditionally identified spam, including phishing attempts, was poor spelling and syntax, but the use of …

[Antron Argaiv]

Ask a weird question

The robocall bots seem to fall down when handed a non sequiter question. I've also asked them directly, "Are you a bot?", repeating it until I get an answer.

[Catkin]

Re: Ask a weird question

I find asking them what the current date is works quite nicely.

[sitta_europea]

Re: Ask a weird question

I ask them what colour knickers they're wearing.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Ask a weird question

"I ask them what colour knickers they're wearing."

Dangerous. If you are wrong you might get fired.

[Inkey]

Re: Ask a weird question

Ii ask them what colour their eyes are ... might have to switch it up a bit....