{"id":1008,"date":"2019-03-15T11:54:22","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T11:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techclot.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/15\/brilliant-ai-wasting-time-of-scammers\/"},"modified":"2019-03-15T11:54:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T11:54:32","slug":"brilliant-ai-wasting-time-of-scammers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techclot.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/15\/brilliant-ai-wasting-time-of-scammers\/","title":{"rendered":"Brilliant: AI Wasting Time of Scammers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>$ 12 billion is lost globally to phishing scams every year.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rescam.org\/\">Re:scam<\/a> is an email bot, powered by AI, made to reply to scam emails. Re:scam wastes scammers time with a never-ending series of questions and anecdotes so that scammers have less time to pursue real people.<\/p>\n<p>If you think you\u2019ve received a scam email, forward it to <a href=\"mailto:me@rescam.org\">me@rescam.org<\/a> and they will take it from there. They\u2019ll even send you a summary of the conversations Re:scam has had with the scammer.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player lazyload\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jPajqAJWiNA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=opaque\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"><\/ins> <\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote><p>     <span>&#8220;<\/span>The idea is that any time jerks spend engaging with the bots is time that can\u2019t be used to target hapless victims. People have passed some 6,000 emails Re:scam\u2019s way this week alone, and apparently there were 1,000 concurrent conversations at one point. So far the longest email chain has involved 20 exchanges<span>&#8221;<\/span>   <\/blockquote><figcaption class=\"source\">&mdash; Engadget<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p> &nbsp;                                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rescam.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">                                       <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image lazyload\" alt=\"brilliant-ai-wasting-time-of-scammers.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techclot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/brilliant-ai-wasting-time-of-scammers.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/>                                     <\/a>                                                             \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rescam.org\/\" class=\"sqs-block-button-element--small sqs-block-button-element\" target=\"_blank\">Learn More<\/a> &nbsp;<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rescambot?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">Tweets by rescambot<\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artificial-intelligence.blog\/news\/brilliant-ai-wasting-time-of-scammers\">2019 Artificial Intelligence News &#8211; AI News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>$ 12 billion is lost globally to phishing scams every year. 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