Scammers Use AI to Make Lost Pet Scams More Believable

The Perfect Scam by AARP

May 29, 202645:20Society & Culture

Bill and Allison are devoted to their dogs, so when they discover their 11-year-old beagle mix Archer missing one evening, they are distraught. They spend hours searching the neighborhood and start putting out alerts onl...

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