On Instagram, scammers are working harder than content creators. Head to any post that was uploaded in the last few minutes - there are six comments already. One is a billionaire looking to give away money. Two are "so horny right now", they're commenting on Gaza updates. As for the rest, their small business just made Rs 1 crore last month and they're going to show you how.
There's a simple reason comments like these persist. Enough suckers fall for these claims. "With AI and deepfakes, we can no longer trust the evidence of our senses," says Vivek Ramachandran, CEO-founder of cybersecurity platform SquareX. It's still possible to suss out a scamster online, some signs are as old as time.
The hurried hustle.
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