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How to Win Followers and Scamfluence People
Format Boy makes a living teaching Yahoo Boys, notorious West African scammers, how to use AI and deepfake technology to ensnare their next victims.
In one recent development, Yahoo Boys posted fake CNN broadcasts with AI-generated newscasters designed to trick people they’re blackmailing into thinking they’ve been outed on the news. On social media, hundreds of pages and groups, often explicitly using “Yahoo” in their names, claim to mentor newcomers, teach them the skills they need to con people, and provide them with the tools to do so. His posts give advice on things like how to build up trust with a “client” to gain access to their bank accounts, and recommendations and offers for AI software that Yahoo Boys can use to change their appearance on video calls with potential victims.
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