Models Are Applying to Be the Face of AI Scams

The article examines Telegram recruitment channels advertising 'AI model' roles that, according to investigators and NGOs, are likely used to staff online scamming operations and may involve coercion or human trafficking in known scam hubs in Cambodia; it highlights red flags (passport retention, high pay, Western-accent requests, Chinese-language requirements) and notes Telegram was alerted but did not remove the channels.