The Watauga County Sheriff's Office has released a list of the top 10 scams currently targeting residents, which use phone calls, text messages, social media, and artificial intelligence to appear legitimate.
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Phone calls pretending to be your bank. Texts from someone claiming to be a family member in crisis. Social media messages that look like they came from people you know. The Sheriff's Office just put out a list of the ten scams running hottest through Watauga County right now, and they are using AI to sound more convincing. Read the list. Tell somebody else about it. These are not getting less common.
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