Georgetown student, 19, who died in tragic accident falls victim to ghoulish 'obituary pirates' who post memorials filled with LIES to rake in Google ad revenue - with LA writer who's still ALIVE also targeted

Matthew Sachman, 19, died in a tragic accident that was exploited by 'obituary pirates' who falsely claimed he had been murdered
Scammers use AI to quickly write obituaries for trending names and collect ad revenue from the clicks, in an increasingly prolific practice LA Times writer Deborah Vankin found fake obituaries published about her online while still alive A Georgetown student, 19, who died in a tragic accident has been exploited by a growing band of 'obituary pirates' who spread false information online for clicks. Matthew Sachman fell onto the subway tracks in New York City on New Year's Eve and was killed by an oncoming train. Within hours AI had written news articles about the incident and inaccurate obituaries for Sachman quickly spread online.Sachman and a friend had been messing around on the platform of the East Broadway stop in Manhattan, when he fell onto the tracks and was killed instantly by a train entering the station. But his family said a host of stories published online were 'completely wrong'. 'There were sites I'd never heard of, information that was completely wrong, it didn't make sense,' a family friend told the New York Times. 'I was looking for the truth,' Devan Mehrish, 19, a childhood friend explained. 'But I didn't find it there.' 'We were trying to find out what happened, but we saw some weird things,' David Lombardi, the owner of a nursery and furniture store in Nantucket where Sachman had worked a summer job. 'I just stopped and thought, 'This doesn't feel right.' 'Obituary pirating' is where scammers use AI to compose obituaries for trending names and collect ad revenue from the clicks. ReaD MORE....

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