When I saw the comments that follow this thread on how these are not scams in itself but the means, to aid the scams, I had to go look for the meaning of scams again and according to Cambridge dictionary and I quote
a dishonest plan for making money or getting an advantage, especially one that involves tricking people
So I would agree that these are merely a means to an end which is the scam and indeed AI has very much advanced the chances of making it really believable.
Lets just look at Deepfakes
- Deepfake scams:the AI can generate videos or images that looks exactly like famous celebrities , influencers.
It just creates a new perfect idea of just anything you would want, no distinct difference from its original if you don’t even have a concrete idea to what its original is like and it’s difficult seeking to verify most of these it just leaves you in limbo.