In this era when concerts by Japanese and Korean superstars are often sold out, there are very few people like me who are still obsessed with being moved by classical music. Classical music has no lyrics, but it has a profound artistic conception that transcends words; it does not rely on gorgeous high notes to win applause, but it uses the delicate skills of the instruments to take your breath away. Nowadays, there is almost no one who can feel this throbbing with me - except her.
My LINE account has never been easily leaked, and I always declined to share it even with my work friends. That day, someone took the initiative to apply to add me as a friend. His nickname was "Dupré" - he was one of my favorite cellists. Being always cautious, I made an exception and added her to my friends list. She said that she had just moved to Taipei and was unfamiliar with the place. She got my account through a website that automatically matched people with similar interests. She just gave it a try, but she didn't expect that I would pass - she said, maybe, this was a kind of fate.
I was wary at first and tried to ask her a few questions. Why this nickname? She said she liked Dupree's playing style and asked me if I also liked Elgar's cello concerto. When I asked her which period of classical music she preferred, she said she loved the Baroque and thought the music of that period was pure and clean. In this way, what originally seemed like a test conversation slowly transformed into a soul-deep musical exchange.
Our conversation gradually extended from the notes of a hundred years ago to modern life. She often shares some of the glimmering moments in daily life: the new sprouts of weeds quietly popping up next to potted plants; the dog with a proud look and steady steps; or the clouds that look like they have been visited by an airplane. She could always transform these moments into just a few poetic words and pass them on to me.
As a science and engineering student, my perception of life is far less delicate than hers. I can only quietly appreciate the atmosphere of her words, and then transform my daily work into some feelings to respond to her. And she always gives me warm encouragement. Although we have never met, it seems like we have known each other for a long time. By the way, she occasionally sends a few photos - she is very beautiful and has the kind of temperament I like.
Until one day, she said on LINE that she had actually been looking for a job in Taipei for a while, but now the economy is in a slump and the savings she brought from Changhua are running out. She didn't want to give up her dream of living in Taipei, so she decided to work in a nightclub, hoping that I would come and support her. Looking at those few lines of words, I felt mixed emotions. I feel sorry for her helplessness in trying to achieve no results, but I also can't suppress a certain expectation in my heart - maybe, I can finally see her.
The hero's story ends here. What kind of cold truth is hidden behind this seemingly beautiful and heartbreaking emotional intersection? Now, let’s change our perspective and deconstruct his story from the perspective of “Dupré”—or, more accurately, from the perspective of the automated AI system behind it.
In fact, the interest matching website Duprey mentioned does not exist at all, nor does the so-called soul resonance matching system. All of this is nothing more than "accurate, batch, automated shooting of birds" packaged in modern technology. There is an extremely strict AI automated pipeline operation mechanism behind it:
🤖 The six AI steps of "Duprei" emotional flow
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Step 1: Data Fishing
After purchasing tens of thousands of LINE accounts from the black market, they used data mining and analysis technology to screen whether the targets were male, and then further scanned their Facebook and Instagram to obtain public interest information. Then, a suitable LINE nickname is automatically set for each target based on these interests. For example, when it is detected that the victim prefers cello and classical music, the Bot's nickname is automatically switched to "Dupree", and finally the same bait is spread: "I am XXX who just arrived in Taipei...". -
Step 2: Establishing Trust
This part is completely handled by the large language model (LLM) Chat Bot. With very low monthly server or API costs, you can leverage a ready-made AI chatbot platform to interact one-on-one with thousands of people simultaneously. These Bots automatically read the character's personality and professional background, allowing "Dupré" to respond to in-depth topics in any field at any time and naturally, such as the history of classical music, the Elgar Concerto, and even the music style of the Baroque period, with smooth and flawless responses. -
Step Three: Establish Relationship (Intimacy Incubation)
AI pre-generates thousands of warm short articles with "literary youth style and daily observation" and sets them to be automatically pushed at a fixed time every morning. This kind of regular, warm and ritualistic daily companionship will quickly increase the victim's psychological dependence and unknowingly form a strong emotional connection. -
Step 4: Personalized reply (Hyper-Personalization)
When the victim begins to have high-frequency active interactions, the system will generate a reply based on the personality and conversation history of the respective Bot. It is worth noting that AI can simultaneously display completely different styles and tones (gentle and considerate, rational and calm, or literary and youthful) based on each victim's conversation preferences and personality characteristics, and provide highly customized emotional feeding. -
Step 5: Send photos (Visual Alignment)
The system will analyze the aesthetic preferences from the conversation records with the victim, use fuzzy comparison to find the type of appearance the victim prefers, and select the closest portrait photos from the database that cooperates with nightclubs or the AI-generated portrait library for transmission. There is a core principle in this link: no matter what request the victim makes, no more than two photos can be sent to avoid over-exposure and increase the risk of reverse search or video identification. -
The last step: The Harvest
This is the final plot of the story - going to a nightclub to join in the consumption. In actual implementation, the means of closing the network can be flexibly adjusted according to the needs of the fraud group: it can be borrowing money in urgent need, guiding people to invest in virtual currency, purchasing high-priced goods on behalf of others, etc. Coupled with the emotional connection and extreme dependence developed by using AI in the previous months, the victim is already convinced by this time, and the probability of taking the bait is extremely high.
This technique is not only for men. As long as the Bot's personality and appearance preferences are changed, it can also attract and deceive women in exactly the same way. Its core features are: extremely low overall operating costs. As long as the automation process and API connection are properly designed, a server worth hundreds of thousands of Taiwan dollars can control thousands of fishing lines at the same time to carry out large-scale, industrialized emotional extraction.
This is the kind of fraud I can imagine that is possible with the support of AI technology. But what I can think of, the fraud group must have already thought of it and is even implementing it. I hope that this article, which combines romantic stories and cold code analysis, can serve as a timely preventive shot and digital vaccine, reminding everyone to be more vigilant on the Internet, protect themselves, and stay away from gentle AI traps.