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B2 – Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the uses of technology that has emerged is for meeting someone new or potentially, finding love online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, many fall victim to love scams that have become so prevalent all over the internet, leaving their victims to hang out dry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A French woman was conned by people who purported as Brad Pitt and other individuals that were supposedly connected to the Hollywood actor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the end of it, she was conned out of \u20ac830,000 which left her not only so heartbroken, but also broke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the article about Anne who was duped by scammers using deepfakes and AI Brad Pitt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/ckgnz8rw1xgo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. What is does \u201ccome forward<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u201dShe has since told a popular French YouTube show that she was not “crazy or a moron”: “I just got played, I admit it, and that’s why I came forward<\/strong>, because I am not the only one.<\/em>\u201d Use this phrase in a sentence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. What does \u201ccome to light<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u201cHundreds of social media users mocked Anne, who the programme said had lost her life’s savings and tried to take her own life three times since the scam <\/em>came to light<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em>\u201d Use this expression in a sentence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. What does the idiom \u201cset off alarm bells<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u201cSomebody purporting to be Pitt got in touch the next day, which <\/em>set off alarm bells<\/em><\/strong> for Anne.<\/em>\u201d Use this expression in a sentence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. What is your reaction and opinion about what happened to Anne?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. What are your thoughts on this statement, \u201cLife today is paved with cybertraps… and AI progress will only worsen this scenario.<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. What are ways to tell that something\/a correspondence with somebody on the internet is a scam?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Do you know a similar story about someone who got duped online? Tell that story.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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