Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting New Zealand Dating App Users
Scammers reportedly deployed AI chatbots in romance scams targeting dating app users in New Zealand. Victims engaged in virtual relationships and suffered financial losses.
- first report
- 4 Feb 2025
- last update
- 4 Feb 2025
Timeline · 1
Sources · 1
Research and catalogues
- 2025-02-04Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting Nearly One-Third of New Zealand's Dating App UsersAI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/954
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Classification
- AI role
- AI-enabled attack
- categories
- AI phishing / social engineering
- severity
- 3 · Confirmed exploitation
- targets
- Individuals
- owasp llm top 10
- no entry for these categories
- mitre atlas
- AML.T0052 Phishing
- dates
- happened 4 Feb 2025 · first reported 4 Feb 2025
- origin
- AI Incident DatabaseDerived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- record
- confidence 0.85 · created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z
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# Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting New Zealand Dating App Users https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/chatbots-allegedly-used-in-romance-scams-targeting-new-zeala · AIR-2025-0170 · closed 2025-02-18 - Lane: Breaches & attacks - Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation) - Fix status: No fix needed - First reported: 2025-02-04 - AI role: AI-enabled attack ## Summary Scammers reportedly deployed AI chatbots in romance scams targeting dating app users in New Zealand. Victims engaged in virtual relationships and suffered financial losses. ## What to do No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory. ## Latest updates - 2025-02-04: Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting Nearly One-Third of New Zealand's Dating App Users (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/954) ## Sources - 2025-02-04 AI Incident Database: Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting Nearly One-Third of New Zealand's Dating App Users https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/954 Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.
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