• Scammers use fake “Gemini” AI chatbot to sell fake “Google Coin” Scammers have found a new use for AI: creating custom chatbots posing as real AI assistants to pressure victims into buying worthless cryptocurrencies. • We recently came across a live “Google Coin” presale site featuring a chatbot that claimed to be Google’s Gemini AI assistant. • The bot guided visitors through a polished sales pitch, answered their questions about investment, projecting returns, and ultimately ended with victims sending an irreversible crypto payment to the scammers. • Google does not have a cryptocurrency. • But as “Google Coin” has appeared before in scams, anyone checking it out might think it’s real. • And the chatbot was very convincing.

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  • Scammers have found a new use for AI: creating custom chatbots posing as real AI assistants to pressure victims into buying worthless cryptocurrencies. We recently came across a live “Google Coin” presale site featuring a chatbot that claimed to be Google’s Gemini AI assistant. The bot guided visitors through a polished sales pitch, answered their questions about investment, projecting returns, and ultimately ended with victims sending an irreversible crypto payment to the scammers. Google does not have a cryptocurrency. But as “Google Coin” has appeared before in scams, anyone checking it out

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