--- title: Google sues scam ring that used Gemini AI to build fraud... description: Google has filed a lawsuit against a suspected Chinese cybercrime group called the Outsider Enterprise, accusing it of sending 2.5 million fraudulent text... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/google-sues-scam-ring-that-used-gemini-ai-to-build-fraud-sites-v49swv96x twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Google sues scam ring that used Gemini AI to build fraud sites | daily.dev og:description: Google has filed a lawsuit against a suspected Chinese cybercrime group called the Outsider Enterprise, accusing it of sending 2.5 million fraudulent text... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/google-sues-scam-ring-that-used-gemini-ai-to-build-fraud-sites-v49swv96x og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/V49SWV96X.png og:image:alt: Google sues scam ring that used Gemini AI to build fraud sites og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Google sues scam ring that used Gemini AI to build fraud sites **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google has filed a lawsuit against a suspected Chinese cybercrime group called the Outsider Enterprise, accusing it of sending 2.5 million fraudulent text messages to Android users over two weeks in May. The group allegedly used Google's own Gemini chatbot to write code for 9,000 fake phishing websites and over one million fraudulent URLs, coordinating operations via Telegram. This is Google's second major legal action against China-based SMS scam operations in seven months, following a November 2025 RICO suit against a 'phishing-as-a-service' group called Lighthouse. The case highlights a growing trend of generative AI being weaponized in cybercrime supply chains, with Google's Threat Intelligence Group also reporting state-sponsored actors using AI for malware development. Google collaborated with AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon to block the fraudulent messages. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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