SALT LAKE CITY — Remember the text you got about the toll you still owe or the one about paying extra money to get your delayed USPS shipment?

Those are just a couple of the many types of text messages scammers use to grab your attention and sometimes walk away with your money.

Everything from our online purchases to what we post on social media is all fuel for scammers.

Their information farming has been made easier by artificial intelligence.

“All of that information is out there on the web, in the ether someplace, and A.I. is now able to go grab all that information, including images of you, etc.," said Katie Hass, the director of Utah’s Division of Consumer Protection. "So that when a scammer reaches out to you, they can know more about you, know more about your personality maybe,

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