Taylor Swift fans scammed by fake AI-generated endorsement for Le Creuset cookware
Taylor Swift fans scammed by fake AI-generated endorsement for Le Creuset cookware
Deepfake ad showed an AI-generated Swift saying she was ‘thrilled’ to be handing out free cookware sets
Taylor Swift fans scammed by fake AI-generated endorsement for Le Creuset cookware::Deepfake ad showed an AI-generated Swift saying she was ‘thrilled’ to be handing out free cookware sets
The deepfake Swift urged viewers to click a button and answer a few questions before the end of the day. The ad then sent people to websites mimicking outlets such as the Food Network, highlighting news coverage of Le Creuset alongside testimonials from fake customers, the New York Times reported.
Participants were asked to pay a “small shipping fee of $9.96” for the cookware […]
Honestly, it’s impressive that the scam worked given the number of hoops people had to jump through. I suppose at a certain point you’re so committed that the red flags on the screen look like hearts.
77Lately it seems like many Taylor Swift fans would slit someone's throat for the opportunity to look at a pan that she might have touched one time
50I have a lot of trouble understanding celebrity worship for anyone.
Don't get me wrong I have favorite celebrities for movies/music. I give two shits what they do outside those mediums or what they have to say. At the end of the day we are all hopeless idiots regardless of status and I wouldn't trust any of them as much as any other stranger. Because I don't fucking KNOW them and they don't know me.
Anyhow I'm not pointing fingers at Taylor Swift or her fan club. This has perplexed me way before the current generation. People have been following strangers like silly sheep since 0 BC. I get there are some deep seed instincts in being a part of a group that get warped here... but good gravy some people need to step back and have an introspective moment to break their fixations.
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And they were the most intelligent Taylor Swift fans, too!
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Le Creuset is good shit though.
39But it's a scam. They're not buying le cruiser. They're paying the shipping on a free gift through "Taylor's" special website. They lose $10 and the scammer never sends anything.
16Well I can't make a casserole in a scam, I don't care for that at all!
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It's also overpriced and generally far from made in France. De Buyer, OTOH, is actually good shit at a good price. If it's tableware you want, Arc is French, good, and inexpensive.
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if you buy cookware because a singer told you to, you deserve to be scammed
28Well if they're going to get scammed into buying a product at least it's high quality shit
22You misread. They got scammed into paying 10$ shipping for a supposedly free product that will never arrive.
41Oh that makes more sense.
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Is it a scam just because it was a fake ad? Le Creuset is like the finest glazed cookware you can buy. Their dutch ovens are sick.
Edit: always read the article. It was a shipping and handling scam.
15Vintage le creuset is great. Just like pyrex and the rest of them though they've gone way way downhill.
If I could bear being in a thrift shop for more than 45s I would be hunting the good stuff down.
3Fyi American pyrex is very different from European pyrex.
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I was scammed by Taylor Swift into learning math! ( On Youtube )
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7Got Shwifted
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If you're braindead enough to just go out and buy anything a celebrity endorses, I don't feel anything but derision for you.
Most celebrities don't even have the education or critical thought to back most of their wholly incompetent opinions, so people getting tricked by AI is really a non-issue since they're dumb enough to think that what a celebrity talks about or endorses has any meaning or impact whatsoever.
0I have a bridge to sell, do you think they will buy it too? Would I need some celebrity AI? I smell money.
2This is hilarious to read because they didn't run out to buy the item, they thought they were getting it for free and just had to pay shipping.
Still not very savvy, but I would suggest you think long and hard next time before you attack other people for lacking critical thought and having "incompetent opinions." Lol
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