--- title: "Man Used Poisoned Google AI Overviews to Trick Women Into Thinking He Was an NFL Player, FBI Says" description: "An Oregon man and his partner in crime allegedly scammed dozens of women out of $1.3 million. An accidental accomplice? Google's AI Overviews." date: "2026-09-01" modified: "2026-09-01" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/man-ai-trick-women-nfl-fbi" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" - "Google" tags: - "ai overviews" --- # Man Used Poisoned Google AI Overviews to Trick Women Into Thinking He Was an NFL Player, FBI Says ![A football player from the San Francisco 49ers wearing a red jersey.]() *Ezra Shaw/Getty Images/Futurism* An Oregon man falsely posing as a professional football player and his young accomplice scammed roughly $1.3 million out of at least 26 women across four states, the FBI alleges. The duo's efforts to bolster the con online eventually got sucked into Google's [misinformation-plagued]() AI Overviews feature, which parroted it back as fact — a blunder that the accused scammers seemingly tried to use to further ensnare victims. The [FBI says]() that the alleged fraudsters, 35-year-old Daejon Labrayae Love and 18-year-old Taylor Jamie Chan, cooked up a convoluted scheme in which Love masqueraded as a player for the San Francisco 49ers — or in some cases, a rich Swiss real estate developer — while Chan pretended to be his financial advisor. After connecting with women through dating apps, Love and Chan would convince them to put money into fake investment opportunities which the men then pocketed. Some of the women were even convinced to take out loans to pay into the scheme, the FBI alleges. Love was a prolific poster, and portrayed himself on Instagram, TikTok, and even LinkedIn as an active but injured receiver for the 49ers. According [to court documents](), because of Love's prolific posting, the pair found unwitting accomplices in tech like search engines and AI, which investigators say sometimes reinforced Love's social media lies when victims went online to check if the purported pro athlete really was who he said he was. "Some victims became suspicious of Love and searched for Love's information through the Internet," reads the document. "Due to Love's false social media representations, search engines and artificial intelligence occasionally stated that Love was a bonafide 49ers player." What's more, Love appears to have used these false representations to further reinforce his fraudulent narrative. According [to the *LA Times*](), in one since-deleted Instagram post about his "NFL Journey," the fake football pro shared screenshots of a Google AI Overview which incorrectly stated that "Daejon Love is a wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, and information about his position, contract and teammate texting habits is available online. He is also associated with the team in various social media content and articles." "That's Google," Love said when displaying the screenshots, per the *LA Times*. "That's not me, that's Google." Chatbots can easily be manipulated into displaying [certain products]() or factual claims, a reality of AI search tools that's given way to a [new successor industry]() to search engine optimization. And while doing things like lying on social media or altering Wikipedia pages are practices that people have been engaging in to distort information for years, it's easy to forget that AI, like humans, can come to incorrect conclusions when given incorrect information. The adage "don't believe everything you read online" is good advice for humans and chatbots alike. **More on AI Overviews:** *[Google's AI Overviews Feature Is Telling Users That SCP Horror Fiction Entities Are Real]()* ## Author At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. I also have a debonair tuxedo cat, Westley, who's named after "The Princess Bride." ### Author social links [Bluesky]()