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Aug 19, 2026 at 12:00 AM ET
Family pays $10,000 to AI fake immigration attorney
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Los Angeles-area family says a fake immigration attorney used an AI avatar to take $10,000 after Facebook contact.
WHO: A family trying to help a loved one held at Adelanto immigration detention; the scammer posing as an immigration attorney
WHAT: Alleged immigration scam using an AI-generated avatar to impersonate an attorney and solicit $10,000
WHEN: Aug 18, 2026 at 11:26 PM ET
WHERE: Adelanto immigration detention center, Adelanto, CA
WHY: The family says they were deceived by an AI-generated avatar posing as an immigration attorney they found on Facebook.
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