# OpenAI disrupts Cambodia-based scam operation using ChatGPT

> OpenAI disrupted a criminal scam operation in Cambodia that used ChatGPT to support investment, romance, gambling, and impersonation schemes. This is an enforcement action, not a product change.

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| **Tool** | OpenAI |
| **Version** | — |
| **Kind** | announcement |
| **Published** | 2026-07-31 |
| **Observed** | 2026-08-11 |
| **Significance** | 2/5 |
| **Breaking** | no |
| **Categories** | security |

## What changed


- Disrupted a Cambodia-based scam operation using ChatGPT for investment, romance, gambling, and impersonation schemes


## Sources

- [blog_rss](https://openai.com/index/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-ai-criminal-scam-operation) — retrieved 2026-08-11


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