When artificial intelligence is created to catch fraudulent emails
A welcome initiative from New Zealand. Cybersecurity company Netsafe has developed a computer bot designed to respond to detected fraudulent emails Nomirama. Response: A scam, that's what it's called (” to cheat » means “scam” in English) and introduces himself as “Anybody, and I'm Nobody”, in the New Zealand company's explainer video.
If you want to troll the author of this email demanding money from Nigeria or this email with questionable spelling bearing the CAF logo, you should forward the message to [email protected].
The AI takes over and bombards the “impostor” with questions. The company indicates On his website Do not include the email of the person who contacted them to confuse the scammer.
French sites for reporting scams
To avoid detection, the bot varies in response time, sometimes allowing several days to pass, and even makes grammatical errors in order to gain credibility: “We'll also send you a transcript of the conversations Re:Scam had with the scammer – sometimes they're very funny!” , describes Netsafe.
Otherwise, it is also possible (although the two are not compatible) to report a fraudulent email on a government platform, Available here. The National Commission for IT and Freedoms also has its own reporting page www.signal-spam.fr.
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