Post by @pluralistic@mamot.fr

A new LLM-powered scam: research an author, research a publication they write for, research the title of something they've written, register a similar gmail address, go phishing.

Hey Cory, my name is also Cory Doctrow. It seems like a publishing house is paying you royalties for the rights of something you published (everybody pees) and accidentally sent it to me instead. It was a payment for $250 from a publishing company called Locus publications.

I am wanting to make things right ofc, lol I didn't work for this money so it's not just for me to take it. Let me know what you think if you see this. — Hey Cory, my name is also Cory Doctrow. It seems like a publishing house is paying you royalties for the rights of something you published (everybody pees) and accidentally sent it to me instead. It was a payment for $250 from a publishing company called Locus publications. I am wanting to make things right ofc, lol I didn't work for this money so it's not just for me to take it. Let me know what you think if you see this.

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xs4me2

@xs4me2@mastodon.social 12 min. ago

@pluralistic

On the internet nobody knows you’re a dog…

Statement proves itself every single day!

Stryder Notavi

@StryderNotavi@aus.social 23 min. ago

@pluralistic Is there an authors group this can be forwarded to.

CC: @scalzi @cstross

@knutson_brain@sfba.social 52 min. ago

@pluralistic
#ArtificialStupidity : LLM phishing for authors edition