Groom-to-be conned out of £1,500 after Booking.com chatbot vouched for scam

Quelle: KameraOne English (Glomex)

Alfie Learmouth, 27, lost £1,500 after Booking.com's AI chatbot Dot reassured him that a request to pay for a villa by bank transfer ahead of his Amalfi Coast engagement trip was legitimate — only for the property to prove non-existent after the money had been sent.