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Kidnapping used to be stressful. With AI, both parties never even have to leave their couch.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/12/scammers-harvesting-facebook-photos-to-stage-fake-kidnappings-warns-fbi

Kidnapping used to be stressful. With AI, both parties never even have to leave their couch. https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/12/scammers-harvesting-facebook-photos-to-stage-fake-kidnappings-warns-fbi

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[–] • 3 pts

Surely this could get resolved with a phone call to the person confirming they have not been kidnapped.

[–] • 3 pts (edited )

People panic and/or are clueless. That's how the grandparent scam works. This is just more effective.

https://archive.ph/H6Qqv Original link goes to FBI dot gov https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/the-grandparent-scam

https://www.identityguard.com/news/grandparent-scam