AI Is Going To Be Challenging, But Robo-Calls And Texts Are Stealing Money Every Day. What You Need To Know To Prevent Fraud

You’ve seen countless stories about how AI is going to take over the world. I worry about generative artificial intelligence, too, but I’m more concerned about less-sophisticated technologies.

Rob0-calls and texts filch money from unsuspecting people every day. According to Robokiller, this year “Americans have lost $14 billion to robotexts and $34 billion to robocalls, and scammers are focused on refining their tactics to steal money.” Their report predicts that by the year’s end, Americans are projected to lose upwards of $90 billion to phone scams.”