Woman Loses $240,000 To AI-Driven Crypto Scam
A woman named Kyle Holder lost over $240,000 in life savings to scammers using artificial intelligence. The scammers created a female AI character tailored to her specific interests to build rapport and convince her to deposit funds into fraudulent cryptocurrency accounts. IRS investigator Harry Chavis noted that AI tools can now write highly specific scripts to target individual victims.
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KYW Newsradio 1060
“Kyle Holder handed over her life savings more than $240,000 to scammers. Using AI, they created a female character who shared Kyle's interests to communicate with her, convincing her to put money into bogus crypto accounts.”
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