{"id":97423,"date":"2025-09-12T06:56:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T10:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=97423"},"modified":"2025-08-30T06:58:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T10:58:28","slug":"fraud-watch-credit-repair-scams-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=97423","title":{"rendered":"Fraud Watch- Taking on AI Banking Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-Communications-Logo.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"96331\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?attachment_id=96331\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-Communications-Logo.jpg?fit=568%2C666&amp;ssl=1&amp;ver=1778837567\" data-orig-size=\"568,666\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2025 Communications Logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-Communications-Logo.jpg?fit=568%2C666&amp;ssl=1&amp;ver=1778837567\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-Communications-Logo.jpg?resize=256%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"MSG Communications Resources Logo\" class=\"wp-image-96331\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-Communications-Logo.jpg?resize=256%2C300&amp;ssl=1 256w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-Communications-Logo.jpg?w=568&amp;ssl=1 568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 85vw, 256px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Reprinted with permission from AARP&#8217;s Fraud Watch Network.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Artificial intelligence (AI) is making it even easier for criminals to steal people\u2019s money, and American\u2019s anxiety is rising. Concern is especially high around financial services, where scammers can use deepfake technology \u2014 AI-generated audio and video \u2014 to impersonate people and hack into bank accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To help tackle the problem, AARP endorsed the Senate\u2019s bipartisan Preventing Deep Fakes Scams Act and a companion bipartisan bill in the House. The bill would establish a dedicated federal task force to examine the positive and negative impacts of AI on the financial services industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The panel would include industry representatives, AI experts, and others. It would be charged with examining how criminals use AI in financial scams and how the industry can leverage the technology to better detect fraud and stay ahead of scammers. The bill would also require the task force to explore the use of AI in the financial sector to detect fraud and to work on interagency solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-dark-gray-color has-yellow-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" style=\"border-radius:50px\">More Topic Resources<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Report scams to local law enforcement. For help from AARP, call 1-877-908-3360 or visit the AARP Fraud Watch Network at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aarp.org\/fraudwatchnetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aarp.org\/fraudwatchnetwork<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-separator uagb-block-6c6a120f\"><div class=\"uagb-separator-spacing-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-uagb-separator__inner\" style=\"--my-background-image:\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-info-box uagb-block-8433a68b uagb-infobox__content-wrap  uagb-infobox-icon-above-title uagb-infobox-image-valign-top\"><div class=\"uagb-ifb-content\"><div class=\"uagb-ifb-title-wrap\"><h2 class=\"uagb-ifb-title\"> AARP Fraud Watch Network<\/h2><\/div><p class=\"uagb-ifb-desc\">Need a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aarp.org\/forms\/me-speakers-bureau-request-form.html?testing=fdsafdsa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scam prevention speaker<\/a> for your group? Click the link to fill out the AARP online form or email <a href=\"mailto:me@aarp.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">me@aarp.org<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artificial intelligence (AI) is making it even easier for criminals to steal people\u2019s money, and American\u2019s anxiety is rising. Concern is especially high around financial services, where scammers can use deepfake technology \u2014 AI-generated audio and video \u2014 to impersonate people and hack into bank accounts. To help tackle the problem, AARP endorsed the Senate\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=97423\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fraud Watch- Taking on AI Banking Scams&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,218],"tags":[508,506,272,507],"post_folder":[509],"class_list":["post-97423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-service","category-resources-for-granges-and-grangers","tag-aarp-fraud-watch","tag-fraud-alert","tag-grange-communication","tag-scam-alert"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Walter Boomsma","author_link":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?author=2122"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Artificial intelligence (AI) is making it even easier for criminals to steal people\u2019s money, and American\u2019s anxiety is rising. 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