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Graphika @graphika.com · 27/07/2026

Graphika Senior Analyst @jeanleroux.bsky.social spoke with RomConned's Laurel House to discuss the key moments in Roy's story, break down how these kinds of scams actually work, and share how AI has expanded the scammer tool kit. Listen to the full episode now!

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The Romance Scam Pattern | Intelligence Expert Explains

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Graphika @graphika.com · 31/07/2026

#Graphika analyst @jeanleroux.bsky.social spoke with Straight Arrow News about businesses are at risk of being scammed. While these scams can be more challenging for fraudsters to pull off, a single compromise can deliver outsized returns when compared to scamming your average person individually.

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Can law enforcement catch up to AI scams?

Cybersecurity experts say scammers are now using advanced artificial intelligence to perpetrate fraud on a vast scale.

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Jean le Roux @jeanleroux.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Hi Aaron! Fancy seeing you here! 😂 Catching up on the Rightscon news and my jaw is on the floor. Its a monumental own goal.

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Graphika @graphika.com · 29/04/2026

Graphika’s new report, #Puppetmaster, is out today! In investigating the Chinese influence operation Spamouflage, report author and Graphika identified an entity generating inauthentic Facebook accounts used in a set of Spamouflage activity, primarily using the name Salva Store.

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#PuppetMaster

In investigating the Chinese influence operation Spamouflage, we identified an entity generating inauthentic Facebook accounts used in a set of Spamouflage activity, primarily using the name Salva Sto...

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Jean le Roux @jeanleroux.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Romance scams have existed for years. What’s new is the scale and realism enabled by AI-generated personas. In this report, we map the infrastructure, tactics, and corporate links behind the network. Read the full report here...while I go clear my browser history 😅 graphika.com/reports/faux...

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Fauxmantic Overtures: AI Dating Profiles Driving Romance Scam Networks

Graphika uncovers a network of AI-generated dating profiles funneling social media users to scam dating sites linked to Chinese-operated infrastructure, exposing risks to personal data and finances.

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Jean le Roux @jeanleroux.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Legal disclosures and corporate filings lead a trail that includes a UPS Store in Canada, a Delaware incorporated company and, eventually, a Chinese company based in ChengDu, China.

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Jean le Roux @jeanleroux.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Although we couldn't identify all of the LLM models used, a small subsection of these accounts used Doubao, Bytedance's AI assistant. This was evident from watermarks left over on some of these images.

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Jean le Roux @jeanleroux.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The infrastructure is designed as a two-tier funnel. 1️⃣ Social posts link to a group of niche dating websites (Tier 1) 2️⃣ Attempting to register redirects users to a smaller group of core sites (Tier 2). This layered system makes the network harder to trace or disrupt.

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Jean le Roux @jeanleroux.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The operation spans multiple platforms: 👥43 Facebook assets ✖️13 X accounts 🧵7 Threads accounts 📸7 Instagram accounts 🎶5 TikTok channels 🔴1 Flickr account Together they create a distributed, resilient promotion network.

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Jean le Roux @jeanleroux.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

We uncovered a cross-platform ecosystem using AI-generated images and videos to hook romance seekers. The goal: push users off-platform and into a network of 26 dating-themed websites targeting niches like 👩 “Mature singles” 💰 “Wealthy partners” 🌎 Ethnicity-targeted matches

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Jean le Roux @jeanleroux.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I spent the last few weeks analyzing a network of dating profiles featuring attractive senior women, wealthy singles, and niche romance communities. There’s just one problem. Most of the people in the images don’t exist. 🧵 A thread on our latest @graphika.com report:

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Graphika @graphika.com · 09/03/2026

Graphika’s new report, Fauxmantic Overtures, is out today. It uncovers synthetic dating profiles on social platforms funneling romance seekers into a Chinese-operated online scam. Social media users are being lured with AI-enhanced or -generated images and videos promoting fake dating candidates.

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Fauxmantic Overtures: AI Dating Profiles Driving Romance Scam Networks

Graphika uncovers a network of AI-generated dating profiles funneling social media users to scam dating sites linked to Chinese-operated infrastructure, exposing risks to personal data and finances.

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Inês Narciso @ineswnarciso.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

At #Disinfo2025 learning that the Kremlin isn’t deconflicting its influence ops—so now it’s just Telegram bots arguing with each other in circles 🤣. Would love to see their OpenAI bill 👀 Great investigation by @jeanleroux.bsky.social and @learonzaud.bsky.social with some great #osint techniques!

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Graphika @graphika.com · 15/07/2025

Graphika's @jeanleroux.bsky.social recently shared his insights on information integrity and elections at South African Human Rights Commission's Summit on Disinformation. Thank you to event organizers for featuring us alongside experts from @ciia-africa.bsky.social and @mediamatterza.bsky.social.

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Jean le Roux @jeanleroux.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Ho ho ho ho...ld up a second, and wait before you click. 🎄🎅💰 Working with industry partners at Meta, we picked apart a few festive frauds in the hopes of making our online spaces a little bit safer. Report available in the link below:

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

im on every app. im in your city, in your neighborhood. the sales associate who handed you a large when you asked for a medium? that was me. i am now behind you.

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Olga Belogolova 🌻 @olgs7.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Here come the fake impersonator accounts. A trust and safety challenge will be dealing with making lists of politicians, figuring out what accounts are harmful impersonators versus satire, etc.

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Checked in on how the lawsuit against Minnesota for its law banning certain "deep fake" content around elections was going and the plaintiff's counsel is alleging that an expert witness offered by the state cited an academic article that doesn't exist and that the citation may be an AI hallucination

legal filing alleges expert testimony in case cited a nonexistent article

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