Recently I had an experience where I did two video calls to practice my Italian with someone from Italy from the tandem app. I genuinely thought I was speaking to a real person as the software was so realistic and of course it wasn’t even in my mind to assume that they would be using AI. There were some odd signs but I unfortunately ignored them (try not to judge because professional scammers are good at gaining your trust). Later down the line I found out that it was all fake. These were the signs I ignored:
- We moved on from tandem to telegram to google meet to do the video call (maybe not super odd in itself but not very common for casual video calls)
- They didn’t speak during the video-call just typed due to it “being late and having guests over” (obviously that’s a suspicious one if it’s twice)
- The expression on his face while very realistic was quite emotionless i.e. no smiling, laughing, just a serious expression.
I did try to report the account but tandem has not taken it down. I hope my unfortunate experience can help to warn others. Stay safe online !
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