AI Scams Grandma

👵🏻 AI just tricked a grandma into selling her house. (This is real).

May 06, 20262 min read

👵🏻 AI just tricked a grandma into selling her house. (This is real).

A Southern California woman named Abigail thought she was in a relationship with a soap opera star.

The messages felt personal. The video looked real. The voice matched perfectly.

By the time her daughter figured it out, $81,000 was gone.

And so was the paid-off condo Abigail planned to retire in.

Here's how fast it moved:

--Facebook message.
--Then WhatsApp.
--Then gift cards.
--Then Zelle.
--Then Bitcoin.

Then the scammer convinced her to sell her home.

Easily worth $550,000, but she sold it for only $350,000, so they (Grandma Abigail and the AI Deepfake Scammer) could "buy a beach house together."

The buyer? A random investor who moved fast, asked no questions, and pocketed $200,000 in instant equity while an elderly woman was being psychologically manipulated by an AI deepfake.

She was days away from wiring another $70,000 from the proceeds before her daughter intervened.

The deepfake video that sealed the deal wasn't grainy or glitchy. It used her name. It said "Abigail, my queen."

Her daughter knew immediately it was fake. Her mother refused to believe it.

This is where real estate intersects with one of the fastest-growing crime categories in the country.

In the last few years, we have seen a lot of “dirt” and ‘Raw Land’ scams.

There are always Wire Fraud Scams.

Now there is this.

Most of the people reading this won't fall victim to these types of things.

As a Millennial, we grew up knowing everything on the internet is fake; Not to trust it. But that’s not the case for your auntie, mom, or grandma; your uncles, dads, and grandpas; your in-laws, etc…

Talk about money with your family. Make sure they have a good plan, strong passwords, and two-factor authentication.

It only gets crazier from here.

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Justin H. Gazabat

Broker | PNW Seattle Ballard East Side

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Justin H. Gazabat

Broker | PNW Seattle Ballard East Side

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