AI fuels more than half of cybercrime in Africa as scams surge – Interpol

Post by ElProlactin » Wed, Aug 05, 2026, 5:52 PM UTC

cjbgkagh wrote: post #240

ElProlactin wrote: post #239

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Are you suggesting that all the people in countries like Cambodia are "corrupt"?

I am suggesting that it's more than the elites, then you'd have to take into account the people who would act in a corrupt way if presented with the opportunity. As someone who has tried and failed to sell software into Cambodia I know from experience that the corruption there is very thorough and continues well on down to the lower strata of society.

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Aug 05, 2026, 6:29 PM UTC

cjbgkagh wrote: post #238

Dylan16807 wrote: post #129

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> endemically corrupt Both options are endemically corrupt but removing most kinds of corruption is an improvement.

By endemic I mean to its core, it’s the difference of having everyone being corrupt versus just the elites / political class being corrupt. If anyone thinks that the problem of corrupt elites could be improved by extending that corruption to everyone then I’m not sure what would convince them otherwise.

Post by Dylan16807 » Wed, Aug 05, 2026, 6:41 PM UTC

j16sdiz wrote: post #89

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How would the scammer communicate with you? Phone? The network could spot sources exhibiting robocall patterns. AI could analyze live conversations and warn the recipient on certain patterns. Instant messaging? There's spam and abuse screening built into most IMs already. AI could [locally/privately] analyze conversations. Email? Ditto; analyze conversations, a bit deeper than basic junk mail filters already do.

I got lots of iMessage spam try to get me to contact them via WhatsApp, signal or their own website. Unless you ban mentioning other IM platform or communication channel, they will always try to get you on something less monitored

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Aug 05, 2026, 6:49 PM UTC

bsian wrote: post #175

iammrpayments wrote: post #173

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I wish they implemented this for a week so you could experience first hand the consequences of your ignorance when everything stopped working.

If it’s a legitimate commercial relation (like a mining operation) they won’t have any issues paying the price or setting up alternate communication channels.

Post by cjbgkagh » Wed, Aug 05, 2026, 7:10 PM UTC

ElProlactin wrote: post #241

cjbgkagh wrote: post #240

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I am suggesting that it's more than the elites, then you'd have to take into account the people who would act in a corrupt way if presented with the opportunity. As someone who has tried and failed to sell software into Cambodia I know from experience that the corruption there is very thorough and continues well on down to the lower strata of society.

Have you ever even been to Cambodia? I spent half a year LIVING there. Trying to sell software into Cambodia puts you squarely in a procurement situation where you're going to encounter the patronage networks that are responsible for the corruption. So since you seem to be suggesting the Cambodians have a disposition towards "act[ing] in a corrupt way if presented with the opportunity" (versus, say, Americans who you…