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Russic · 03-31-2023, 11:34 AM

I once had a scammer grilling me about GST money that I owed. The fun part is that I _did_ owe GST at the time, and conveniently had been chastising myself for forgetting to send my payment in that morning, so it was top of mind.

While I did figure out reasonably quick that it was bull, I will admit it scrambled me for a second and I wasn't mentally clear. I can imagine that for an older person who doesn't know that deepfaking voices is a thing and gets scared, it will get very confusing very fast. This will be a serious problem.

03-31-2023, 11:34 AM	#19
Russic Dances with Wolves Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Section 304 Exp:	I once had a scammer grilling me about GST money that I owed. The fun part is that I _did_ owe GST at the time, and conveniently had been chastising myself for forgetting to send my payment in that morning, so it was top of mind. While I did figure out reasonably quick that it was bull, I will admit it scrambled me for a second and I wasn't mentally clear. I can imagine that for an older person who doesn't know that deepfaking voices is a thing and gets scared, it will get very confusing very fast. This will be a serious problem.