@cnn: A ring of scam AI videos that are spreading throughout TikTok and Instagram are creating fake, highly emotional backstories to guilt people into buying supposed "handmade" goods. CNN's Jon Sarlin investigates the bizarre trend.

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tray_mills
TrayMillieNoReally :
nah, you can you still tell
2026-06-05 01:15:17
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paddingtonpattinson
maja ⚯͛ :
finally this is being talked about, it's so so weird
2026-06-04 22:12:50
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idleyourmind
idleyourmind :
Each of those vids have thousands and thousands of comments. Are those bots??
2026-06-05 05:10:17
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realjonahug
⚜️𝙹𝙾𝙽𝙰𝙷♤¥●🔱 :
I have never like AI existence
2026-06-04 22:13:52
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gthevampire
GtheVampire :
The way to know is the dialog in the video
2026-06-04 23:35:21
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short_king4200
Short king👑👑👑_spam :
Who is falling for this
2026-06-04 22:14:29
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cindy_lou_whom
cindy_lou_whom :
I suspected some. My instinct told me they were scams. I’m glad I didn’t fall for it.
2026-06-05 03:31:00
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jenenus123
jenus :
first comment 😳
2026-06-04 22:17:58
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lanie.gardner901
Lanie Gardner :
it really hard
2026-06-05 02:27:15
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mike.adward
Mike adward :
Oh my God
2026-06-05 00:09:04
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jenenus123
jenus :
guggijg😅😅😳
2026-06-04 22:17:01
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99_daisies
99_daisies :
I always feel kind of bad leaving a comment like "Looks like Shein" when everyone else says"Love the bag, Great job,etc" People really are easily duped.
2026-06-05 01:00:37
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michael.a..benson
Michael A. Benson :
Yesz
2026-06-04 23:32:06
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efafstanwardbossha
Faith :
Don't buy this western lamp.
2026-06-04 22:11:46
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d1donlyd
💙DEE💙LOVE💙 :
Woww Allll lies to make a buck!! Crazy times make ppl Crazyy 😳😳🤣🤣
2026-06-04 22:33:31
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ibleedpetals
🪷 :
we're dead..
2026-06-04 22:12:39
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bomaccheese
mac n cheese :
there’s real bots ranting about these books and there’s fakers among us
2026-06-05 00:20:44
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neilp_voiceover
NeilP_Voiceover/Code Red/Nepi :
This needs to be shared far and wide. The AI scammery is getting out of hand on TikTok and other social media.
2026-06-04 23:01:42
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falcon_7666
Falcon :
if you fall for this you don't deserve that money atp 🥀
2026-06-04 22:16:17
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zechefffs
zek :
genz will easily tell ai videos apart
2026-06-05 05:27:12
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2lvi8
. :
.
2026-06-04 22:10:09
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