A West Palm Beach woman is sharing her story as a warning after she narrowly escaped what she believes may have been an attempted carjacking scheme involving artificial intelligence-generated video footage.
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Melanie Valentine told WPTV she was making keys at the Home Depot on Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard in West Palm Beach around 10 p.m. on Oct. 17, when a man in his 20s approached her with what appeared to be video evidence of someone stealing her husband’s truck from the parking lot.
“He said, you have to follow me. You have to follow me. We can catch him. We can catch him,” Valentine said.
The video looked incredibly realistic, but Valentine said she trusted her instincts and refused to follow the stranger outside. Instead, she called police, while her neighbor went to check on the vehicle…