Disrupting a Criminal Scam Operation
OpenAI, Friday, July 31st, 2026
OpenAI disrupted a Cambodia-based operation using ChatGPT for investment, romance, and impersonation scams.
OpenAI disrupted a Cambodia-based scam operation that was using ChatGPT to support investment fraud, romance scams, gambling schemes, and impersonation.
The report covers how the activity was identified, what the operators were using the models for, and the account actions taken.
Scam compounds in the region operate at industrial scale, which makes model-assisted content generation a meaningful force multiplier for them. OpenAI sets out the indicators that surfaced the network. The disclosure is part of the company's ongoing reporting on malicious use.