A Delhi man used ChatGPT to hunt down a con artist posing as his college superior and foil his "Army transfer/cheap goods" scheme.
Sharing a post on Reddit, the man said he utilized ChatGPT to locate the fraudster and “made him beg”. The article, written under the r/delhi subreddit, showed how an average scam message grew into an AI-powered operation.
According to the individual, the scammer contacted him on Facebook, professing to be a senior from college who is an IAS officer. The con artist claimed to be transferring a "CRPF officer friend" who was selling expensive equipment and furnishings at discounted prices.

Using ChatGPT to find the con artist
When the man received images of the furniture and a demand for money via a QR code from another profile with an Army uniform profile picture, he decided to pursue the case.
According to the post, the scammer continually pressured him to submit the money promptly, which the man stated “felt immediately wrong”. He also added that the scammer flipped to urgency after money was suggested.
The individual then used ChatGPT to establish a fictitious payment portal. The post claims that he gave the engine instructions to build a payment portal that looked authentic but was really made to record the scammer's location and front-facing camera image.

He described how the model produced the code in a matter of minutes, saying, "I fed the AI a prompt for a simple, functional webpage." Then, claiming that inputting the QR code would "expedite the payment process," he hosted the tracker page and emailed the scammer the link.
The scammer fell into the trap and clicked the link, instantly sending the bogus portal his specific location, IP address, and a front camera image, which the man said was “shockingly clear”. Then he gave his own photo and location information to the con artist.
The man claimed that within minutes, the con artist called him many times using different numbers and pleaded for pardon. He posted screenshots of the scammer's current state of terror.

According to the article, the fraudster started crying, stating he would “abandon this line of work entirely” and asking earnestly for forgiveness.
The man noted that the scammer would certainly “be scamming someone the very next hour,” but still conceded that “the satisfaction of stealing from a thief is crazy.”