A South Korean woman in her fifties thought she was in a romantic relationship with Squid Game star Lee Jung-Jae and sent an online scammer over 500 million won ($350,000).

With AI technology readily available, scammers are taking their operations to a whole new level, taking advantage of the gullibility of people who believe the craziest things. Case in point, a 50-something woman from Miryang, South Korea, who thought she was in a long-distance relationship with Squid Game protagonist Lee Jung-Jae after being contacted by someone claiming to be the actor on social media. Using AI-generated images of the actor, the scammer managed to get close enough to the woman, referred to only as A. by South Korean media, to ask for considerable sums of money.