Scammers Use Fake Gemini AI Chatbot for Crypto Scam

Security researchers uncovered a live scam site using a counterfeit Gemini-style AI chatbot to sell a nonexistent "Google Coin" presale; the bot presents professional branding, scripted profit projections, urgency cues, and directs victims to send cryptocurrency to a wallet address. The report highlights this as part of a growing trend of AI-enabled impersonation scams that scale social-engineering fraud and warns security teams and consumers to watch for chatbot impersonation, staged milestones, and high-pressure tactics.