
Liu Hui used artificial intelligence to impersonate both a young doctor and her mother, scamming 170,000 yuan.
A 65-year-old Chinese woman in Shanghai used AI to impersonate a 29-year-old doctor and her mother, successfully scamming 170,000 yuan from a man over a social media connection.
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A 65-year-old Shanghai resident connected with a victim on social media and utilized AI impersonation to carry out a financial scam.
A 65-year-old Chinese woman used artificial intelligence (AI) to impersonate both a young doctor and her mother, successfully scamming 170,000 yuan (US$25,000) from a man.
Liu Hui, a resident of Shanghai, connected with a woman named Yu Xiuzhen on a social media platform in 2021.
Yu asserted that she was a 29-year-old doctor at a prestigious Grade 3A hospital in Shanghai, claiming influence over her hospital’s property engineering projects.
Over the past five years, Yu frequently shared details of her daily life on her profile, amassing nearly 7,000 video posts and attracting 10,000 followers.

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