This article is based on this Dutch article of Martijn Benders
### My Email Exchange with Bill Callahan
Yesterday, when I received a notification that Bill Callahan had become a fan of mine on SoundCloud, I thought, hmm, I should write a song about that. This song was the result:
But today, I suddenly received a SoundCloud message from Bill Callahan. The following exchange took place:
From what we see, the spammer in question seemingly cannot even comprehend the weblink I posted along with the note. This increases the likelihood that we are dealing with an AI agent here, designed to scam people out of money. Somehow (how? No idea), this entity discovered my admiration for Bill Callahan, connected with me on Soundcloud, and pretended to be Callahan in an effort to sell me a VIP pass.
I think this is the early stage of this kind of nonsense, unfortunately.
I’ll try to notify the real Bill. Who knows, maybe he’ll even enjoy my song.
Martijn Benders, 20-12-2024