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Another day, another way to use AI to scam people.

From American Public Media, this is Marketplace Tech.

I'm Megan McCarty Carrino.

AI has ushered in a golden age for scams.

There are the deep fake kidnapping calls, the vibe-coded e-commerce websites, and one of the latest,

according to a recent article in the Hollywood Reporter, a casting scam targeting aspiring actors.

Labor and media reporter Katie Kilkenny wrote about how this scheme typically

unfolds. One or multiple scammers are impersonating some very high-profile casting directors.

These may not be household names, but in Hollywood, they're very well-known. So people like

Carmen Cuba, who cast Stranger Things, or A. V. Kaufman, who had, I think,

two Oscar-nominated movies last year. And they are reaching out to actors, often folks who are

early in their careers, and inviting them to audition for a major role. And so they put them

through a very, I wouldn't say complex, but it's a multi-step

audition process. Eventually, the actors, quote-unquote, get the role. And then they are asked for money

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