🇨🇦💙I routinely report scam AI, fake videos to Youtube and receive an update from them on which ones are pending or deleted. It’s a drop in the bucket but I hold Youtube accountable. Thx for the heads up.
If more people treated digital fraud like everyone else’s problem instead of “someone else will handle it,” these grifters would have a much harder time operating.
Another variety is the newscast, either as a reel on FB or a video on Youtube which is about a subject many people are aware of but outcomes haven't yet been announced. Generally the promised outcomes are something we want but they are behind a paywall. The money is to cover the cost of the hardworking reporter or the forthcoming lobby efforts. The paywall can be in the form of a subscription, and you can pay by credit card. Here's the form, just fill in your card data.
I watched a ten minute video on Canada having chosen the Gripen, with all the details behind the curtain for just a small donation. The amount didn't matter and it was a one-time only payment, data treated with the utmost confidentiality. I submitted the presented facts to AI for verification, found that no deal had been cut and moved on. Caveat Emptor.
Great post Fred. I have been online many years & scams started shortly after...now, I play them haha. I have never given money on the internet, except for shopping, & donations to help people I know personally. Many many have tried to scam me for money, ALL have failed! It's laughable when their urgency increases, my boss withheld my pay & I need 22,000$ to pay him/her, before they release my 100,000$ pay cheque & I will pay you right back. Ok, if you make that much in 1 month, why haven't you banked enough for these types of emergencies??? Go to Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Also, when a post, such as Fred referred to, about current news, shows up & tells you to get the answer in the first comment? SCAM! Delete it! Don't send it to me, I delete right away haha
🇨🇦💙I routinely report scam AI, fake videos to Youtube and receive an update from them on which ones are pending or deleted. It’s a drop in the bucket but I hold Youtube accountable. Thx for the heads up.
Good on you, Roxy.
That may feel like a drop in the bucket...
but buckets fill one drop at a time.
If more people treated digital fraud like everyone else’s problem instead of “someone else will handle it,” these grifters would have a much harder time operating.
Appreciate you doing your part.
Well said Fred!
Another variety is the newscast, either as a reel on FB or a video on Youtube which is about a subject many people are aware of but outcomes haven't yet been announced. Generally the promised outcomes are something we want but they are behind a paywall. The money is to cover the cost of the hardworking reporter or the forthcoming lobby efforts. The paywall can be in the form of a subscription, and you can pay by credit card. Here's the form, just fill in your card data.
I watched a ten minute video on Canada having chosen the Gripen, with all the details behind the curtain for just a small donation. The amount didn't matter and it was a one-time only payment, data treated with the utmost confidentiality. I submitted the presented facts to AI for verification, found that no deal had been cut and moved on. Caveat Emptor.
Excellent example, Jim.
That’s the paywall scam variant of the same game...
weaponize curiosity, promise insider access, then monetize urgency before facts exist.
“Big announcement coming…”
“Secret deal confirmed…”
“Exclusive insider report…”
Then suddenly your credit card is needed to learn what supposedly already happened.
Good on you for verifying it first.
More people need to remember...
If someone needs your money before they’ll show the evidence… odds are the evidence isn’t very good.
Great post Fred. I have been online many years & scams started shortly after...now, I play them haha. I have never given money on the internet, except for shopping, & donations to help people I know personally. Many many have tried to scam me for money, ALL have failed! It's laughable when their urgency increases, my boss withheld my pay & I need 22,000$ to pay him/her, before they release my 100,000$ pay cheque & I will pay you right back. Ok, if you make that much in 1 month, why haven't you banked enough for these types of emergencies??? Go to Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Also, when a post, such as Fred referred to, about current news, shows up & tells you to get the answer in the first comment? SCAM! Delete it! Don't send it to me, I delete right away haha
Exactly, Patsy.
Most scams fall apart the moment you apply 30 seconds of common sense to them.
The problem is they’re designed to hit people emotionally before logic kicks in...
panic, greed, urgency, curiosity.
And yes…
“See answer in first comment” is practically the modern digital version of
“Free candy... definitely not suspicious.”
Glad you’ve kept your BS detector fully operational. 😄