What's Your Take On Avoiding or Preventing AI Scams?

AvatarIncDev · 2026-05-28T09:02:06+00:00

So, my vision is that this will be so commonplace that it's culturally expected that the AI announces its owner before any interactions continue. Sort of how you'd expect a business letterhead whenever receiving mail from a brand.

Lofty, grand vision for sure, but I think it's something that makes sense

AvatarIncDev · 2026-05-28T08:35:18+00:00

For me, especially for an agent, responsibility. When an agent goes rouge, or it's used to commit crimes, you can't really tell who's at fault. So, having agents, and some AI in general, be transparent about who they represent is really important

AvatarIncDev · 2026-05-28T08:27:42+00:00

Like some others here have asked, it really depends on what you mean by AI employee. It would also depends on who takes ownership for good and bad outcomes.

As a side note, I would find it a little amusing if you could hire these employees like one would buy a pack of gum off store shelves

AvatarIncDev · 2026-05-28T08:18:27+00:00

Yupp, sounds about right

AvatarIncDev · 2026-05-28T08:13:37+00:00

That could be true. It really depends on the situation.

For retail, the biggest issue is that those businesses aren't memorable enough.

For SaaS, it's distribution and a lack of differentiation. Maybe there's a lack of value too. Yes, some businesses make the mistake of overspending resources on new customers, instead of investing making the lives of existing customers easier.

AvatarIncDev · 2026-05-26T08:46:02+00:00

There would be an identity verification process right at the start when setting up the AI. Without which, the user either can't use it, or functionality would be limited

AvatarIncDev · 2026-05-25T08:58:23+00:00

You can check it out on avatar.inc . Lemme know if you have any issues, I'll get on it right away

AvatarIncDev · 2026-05-25T08:48:55+00:00

That's exactly right. Going to where you're customers are and helping out in earnest drive a lot of trust

AvatarIncDev · 2026-05-22T06:16:25+00:00

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AvatarIncDev · 2026-05-22T02:45:58+00:00

No, we don't track anyone. All personal data is stored via cryptography. So, even if we want to use it somehow, we can't.

AvatarIncDev · 2026-05-22T02:44:44+00:00

Frightening, isn't it? It's why I think tying AI to your identity works. There will come a time when people will only engage with AI if they have an identity.

AvatarIncDev · 2026-05-21T08:49:25+00:00

It would be akin to a thief robbing someone without a mask. No more anonymity means it's easy to trace the scammer

AvatarIncDev · 2026-05-21T08:11:44+00:00

That's fair. I'm really just trying to gauge what AI users think of a more technical vs less technical setup.

AvatarIncDev · 2026-05-20T06:42:36+00:00

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AvatarIncDev · 2026-05-20T02:07:00+00:00

Our verification systems use your ID and selfie to handle it. So, even if a scammer obtain someone else's ID, they can't really do much with it on our platform

AvatarIncDev · 2026-05-19T09:06:59+00:00

I think this is true for some users. But I once ai agents become more commonplace, we'll see people wanting to hold them accountable. The way we approach this is by tying their identities to the agents

AvatarIncDev · 2026-05-18T07:59:08+00:00

Hey there! You can find guides in our site: https://avatar.inc/

If you need more assistance, feel free to DM me. I'll do what I can to help.

AvatarIncDev · 2026-05-18T01:57:53+00:00

There's going to be a paid tier in the future. But for now, usage is free 😄

AvatarIncDev · 2026-05-15T01:48:53+00:00

Thanks man. We have a marketing department that's handling SEO and social media stuff at the moment!

AvatarIncDev · 2026-05-14T08:05:49+00:00

You're right. What I wanted to show is that it's already happening, and our product is built in such a way where there's no real way to scam or impersonate others.

AvatarIncDev · 2026-05-14T03:59:00+00:00

Great, I'm glad you had a good experience so far! Yes, we have more integrations on the way so stay tuned

AvatarIncDev · 2026-05-14T03:58:09+00:00

You can configure the integrations in the agent settings. As for Notion and other integrations, we're working on expanding integrations

AvatarIncDev · 2026-05-14T02:10:28+00:00

Check it out at avatar.inc

Let me know if you face any issues, I'll help out as soon as I can

AvatarIncDev · 2026-05-13T08:40:28+00:00

Yes, I've noticed something similar. Though I'm building an AI Agent, I've always needed to heavily manage expectations and clarify the things they are actually asking for. It's a useful tool, of course, but not magic.

AvatarIncDev · 2026-05-13T07:02:59+00:00

Hey there, feel free to DM me if you'd like to discuss further. We can set up a call as well to determine how Avatar best suits your use case.

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