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Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting Nearly One-Third of New Zealand's Dating App Users
- Occurred
- Feb 4, 2025
- Published
- Feb 4, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A Norton Cyber Safety Insights Report found that nearly one-third of New Zealand dating app users have been targeted by romance scams, with AI chatbots allegedly playing a growing role. The report, based on a January 2025 survey, indicates that 50% of dating app users believed they had interacted with AI-generated messages. Private investigators report cases where victims engage in long-term virtual relationships with fraudsters, often sending money.
Developers
- Large language model developers
- Chatbot developers
Deployers
- Romance scammers targeting New Zealanders
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- New Zealand dating app users
- Romance scam victims
- Financial scam victims
Tags
- Romance scam
- Financial fraud
- Impersonation
- Social engineering
- Scam
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: AI chatbots used in romance scams causing financial harm to users.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8