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ChatGPT stopped a scam from ruining somebody's life

My friend was convinced somebody had bought a gun with his card and he was about to be framed as a domestic terrorist if he didn't talk to the New York FBI. He gets transferred and the "FBI" tells him to download some app. I told ChatGPT and it alerted me that it was a common enough scam. Turns out…

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  1. 2026-10-18 02:32 · r/ChatGPT
    ChatGPT stopped a scam from ruining somebody's life

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