Fake AI ‘Victims’ Are Scam-Baiting 600,000 Fraudsters Every Month

Fake AI ‘Victims’ Are Scam-Baiting 600,000 Fraudsters Every Month

Working for global banks and telcos, Apate’s 200,000 AI characters pretend to fall victim to 600,000 scam calls each month — so that you don’t have to.

200,000 Fake AI 'Victims' Deployed To Scam-Bait Online Fraudsters

200,000 Fake AI 'Victims' Deployed To Scam-Bait Online Fraudsters Authored by Andrew Fenton via CoinTelegraph.com, Australian tech firm Apate deploys a vast array of AI-bot characters worldwide that play the role of gullible scam victims to waste millions of hours of con artists’ time each month. Hilariously, one of the company’s monthly performance metrics is how many times frustrated scammers swear at the idiot ‘victims’ who are playing dumb a…

200,000 Fake AI Victims Used to Lure and Expose Online Scammers

AI scam-baiting has moved from novelty to infrastructure. Australian company Apate says it has deployed nearly 200,000 AI “persona” characters worldwide that impersonate gullible targets—keeping fraudsters busy while simultaneously collecting intelligence for banks and telecom operators. In a recent six-week window ending in 2025, Apate reported that its bots engaged in 600,000 scam calls for Australian telco TPG, which the company frames as mor…

200,000 fake AI ‘victims’ deployed to scam bait online fraudsters

Apate’s 200,000 fake AI ‘victims’ are so good at scam baiting, the company has a monthly KPI for how many F-bombs scammers drop at the infuriating bots.