'100 Video Calls Per Day': Models Are Applying to Be the Face of AI Scams
'100 Video Calls Per Day': Models Are Applying to Be the Face of AI Scams Dozens of Telegram channels reviewed by WIRED include job listings for "AI face models." The (mostly) women who land these gigs are likely being used to dupe victims out of their money. "I can speak fluent English, I can speak good Chinese, I also speak Russian and Turkish," the glamorous, 24-year-old Uzbekistani woman explains in a selfie-style video made for recruiters. Angel had arrived in the Cambodian city of Sihanoukville that day, she said, and was ready to start work immediately. Those impressive language skills, however, have likely been put to use as part of elaborate " pig-butchering " scams targeting Americans.
Mar-16-2026, 09:00:00 GMT
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