The person scamming you may not be human, but AI — Fraud investigator warns

A certified fraud examiner and professional investigator, Ransford Nana Addo Junior, has warned that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the face of online fraud, with some scams now being carried out by automated systems rather than human criminals.

He said the spread of internet access transformed fraud into organised, cross-border criminal activity, with anonymity becoming one of the greatest tools available to scammers.

While online scams continue to dominate public attention, he said that they are only one part of a much wider fraud ecosystem.