Scamming scammers using AI to fight phishing.

Interesting idea from Netsafe.org.nz scamming the scammers. Taste their own medicine.

“Introducing Re:scam – an artificially intelligent email bot made to reply to scam emails. Re:scam wastes scammers time with a never-ending series of questions and anecdotes so that scammers have less time to pursue real people.

If you think you’ve received a scam email, forward it to me@rescam.org and we’ll take it from there. We’ll even send you a transcript of the conversations Re:scam has had with the scammer – sometimes they can be quite funny! Please note, this can take a while as the bot is designed to reply to the scammer at varying times to appear natural – it may take anywhere from a few seconds to a few days to reply to the scammer each time.”

Watch the video on how the AI will reply to scammers. It’s funny.

Image by Netsafe.org.nz