US EditionChatGPT was used ‘to help scammers do their thing’ in Asia fraud scheme
- Duncan Okindo was promised a job in Thailand but was instead abducted and held in a scam compound on the Myanmar-Thai border, where he spent four months forced to commit fraud.
- Scammers used ChatGPT to craft messages convincing victims to invest in fake cryptocurrency schemes.
- Okindo and other workers faced punishment for not meeting targets, with humiliating treatment and physical abuse reported.
- OpenAI stated that it actively works to identify and disrupt scam-related misuse of ChatGPT.
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ChatGPT misused in Southeast Asia scam compounds to target victims, says report
A Kenyan survivor revealed how ChatGPT was exploited by forced laborers in Myanmar-Thai scam compounds to defraud U.S. real estate agents and crypto investors. OpenAI said it works to curb fraud-related misuse of its AI tools.
ChatGPT was used ‘to help scammers do their thing’ in Asia fraud scheme
Duncan Okindo says he was lured to Southeast Asia last year by the promise of a customer service job in Thailand. Instead, he ended up spending four months in a scam compound on the lawless Myanmar-Thai border.
ChatGPT used by scammers along Thai-Myanmar border
Duncan Okindo says he was lured to Southeast Asia last year by the promise of a customer service job in Thailand. Instead, he ended up spending four months in a scam compound on the lawless Myanmar-Thai border, where he saw first-hand how criminal groups are at scale.
Malay Mail
ChatGPT was used ‘to help scammers do their thing’ at Asia fraud compound
BANGKOK, Sept 15 — Duncan Okindo says he was lured to Southeast Asia last year by the promise of a customer service job in Thailand. Instead, he ended up spending four months in a scam compound on the lawless Myanmar-Thai border, where he saw first-hand how criminal groups are at scale.Okindo, 26, says he was struggling to find a job as the breadwinner for his family in his native Kenya when a local recruitment agency promised him work in Bangko…
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