Scam Abuses Gemini Chatbots to Convince People to Buy Fake Crypto
infonewsLLM-Specific
securitysafety
Source: Dark ReadingFebruary 18, 2026
Summary
Scammers created a fake cryptocurrency presale website for a non-existent "Google Coin" that uses an AI chatbot (similar to Google's Gemini) to persuade visitors to buy the fake digital currency, with payments going directly to the attackers. The chatbot makes a convincing sales pitch to trick people into sending money to the scammers.
Classification
Attack Type
Jailbreak
Attack SophisticationModerate
Impact (CIA+S)
integritysafety
Affected Vendors
Google
Related Issues
Original source: https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/scam-abuses-gemini-chatbots-convince-people-buy-fake-crypto
First tracked: February 18, 2026 at 07:00 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 85%