CBC News: A website claims wildfire destroyed a single mom’s clothing warehouse. But the store doesn’t exist

A CBC analysis has found all indications that some of the pictures on the Manitoba Mode site are AI generated, including an image of a building on fire with fire trucks parked outside — and not a single firefighter or hose in sight. 

Another photo features the fake fashion brand’s logo on a wall, with “Manitoba” misspelled as “Manitobe.”

Fake websites are a common scam, according to David Gerhard, who heads up the computer science faculty at the University of Manitoba. 

“Any time when you can elicit an emotional response, as opposed to a rational response, and somebody’s making a decision about money, there’s an opportunity to trick somebody,” Gerhard said. 

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