Romance scams may rise as isolation grows and generative AI helps scammers scale; the FBI says US victims lost nearly $4.5B to such scams over the past decade (Wired)

Wired: Romance scams may rise as isolation grows and generative AI helps scammers scale; the FBI says US victims lost nearly $4.5B to such scams over the past decade  —  Romance scams cost victims hundreds of millions of dollars a year.  As people grow increasingly isolated, and generative AI helps scammers scale …