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Scammers are sneaking into Google's AI summaries to steal from you - how to spot them


Savvy cybercriminals can steer Google's AI Overviews into displaying fake phone numbers. Here's how hackers manage the trick.

Assuming the phone numbers that appeared in the AI-based results were legitimate, the victims called them and provided payment information to complete a transaction. Scammers have long been able to insert fake phone numbers and other info into search results, hoping to trick unsuspecting users into sharing account or financial details. To highlight one example cited by DigitalTrends, security experts at Odin and ITBrew recently explained how hackers can use prompt injection to add specific commands to Google Gemini.

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