Deepfake Fraud

Deepfake Fraud

A deepfake video conference call—with everyone else on the call a fake—fooled a finance worker into sending $25M to the criminals’ account.

Tags: deepfake, fraud

Posted on February 5, 2024 at 11:10 AM • 1 Comments

B.J. Herbison • February 5, 2024 11:36 AM

Was the call recorded? On the call we have a bunch of scammers and one person who says “The deepfakes were great, I was fooled.” and sends the money. The “worried about a phishing email” might be just posturing. I wouldn’t be surprised to hear a follow-up story on “fake deepfakes”.

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