{"id":2773,"date":"2021-02-16T06:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=2773"},"modified":"2021-02-16T08:00:38","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T13:00:38","slug":"artificial-intelligence-is-replacing-nigerian-scammers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=2773","title":{"rendered":"My Conversation with one of Mark Zuckerberg&#8217;s Chatbots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">Facebook now has chatbots pretending to be Marketing Executives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">I was writing a letter at 3 am this morning and my Messenger App opened up with a cheery greeting from Karen Smith.\u00a0 She sent me an image to open the conversation after claiming Tom Evslin was a mutual friend. I had followed Tom some years ago after he wrote a murder mystery called Hackoff.com so I decided to see what she wanted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">This cheery greeting was coming from a Facebook bot that was trying to get me involved in a marketing scam!<\/span><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2786\" src=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"920\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-1-1.jpg 920w, http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-1-1-300x140.jpg 300w, http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-1-1-768x358.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2788\" src=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-Bot-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"913\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-Bot-2-1.jpg 913w, http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-Bot-2-1-300x198.jpg 300w, http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-Bot-2-1-768x508.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 913px) 100vw, 913px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2789\" src=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"920\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-3-1.jpg 920w, http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-3-1-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-3-1-768x508.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2790\" src=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"925\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-4-1.jpg 925w, http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-4-1-300x181.jpg 300w, http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-4-1-768x463.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 925px) 100vw, 925px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2791\" src=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-5-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"923\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-5-2.jpg 923w, http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-5-2-300x177.jpg 300w, http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-5-2-768x453.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 923px) 100vw, 923px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2792\" src=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-6-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"921\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-6-1.jpg 921w, http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-6-1-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-6-1-768x518.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 921px) 100vw, 921px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2793\" src=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-8-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"915\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-8-1.jpg 915w, http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-8-1-300x208.jpg 300w, http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-8-1-768x532.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 915px) 100vw, 915px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2794\" src=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-9-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"920\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-9-1.jpg 920w, http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-9-1-300x142.jpg 300w, http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FB-BOT-9-1-768x364.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook now has chatbots pretending to be Marketing Executives. 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