Watch: New Zealand AI bot takes on the email scammers

Netsafe, an online safety non-profit in New Zealand, have built Re:Scam to waste email scammers time

The New Zealand bot helping you troll email scammers

The New Zealand bot helping you troll email scammers
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A New Zealand internet watchdog has launched an artificial intelligence bot to engage foreign scammers in long-winded email conversations in an effort to waste their time and distract them from real victims.