Warning: Bad guys use Deepfake to fake voices and faces of loved ones to appropriate property

Thanks to the warning, social network users are now wary of scams by text messages thanks to money transfer. Therefore, scammers have used sophisticated scams to deceive users, which is fake video calls to borrow money.

Specifically, the bad guys take the old videos of users, cut them together or use deepfake technology to fake videos, replay the videos in a blurry, flickering form like they are in a weak place to perform fraudulent acts.

One user said that she received a message to borrow money from a relative's overseas Facebook account. Because she was warned, she carefully called the video to check and found that the image was indeed her friend. Therefore, she trusted and gave the loan to you. But then, this friend posted a notice about being hacked on facebook by crooks to ask for a loan from some friends and relatives. After confirming, she realized that she had been cheated.

This user said that, when calling you a video, although the sound is difficult to hear, the image is blurred like a wave, but still shows the face and voice of the loved one, the way of addressing is also correct.

According to technology experts, bad guys often seek to collect users' personal information that is publicly posted on social networking accounts . and use image editing and collage software to scam victims. money transfer agent.

Fraud tricks are very sophisticated with meticulous and detailed scripts that can happen to anyone and at any time. Therefore, authorities warn people to be especially wary of this sophisticated scam, to carefully verify whether it is their friends and relatives when asked to borrow money. In case of suspecting that the subject is impersonating a relative on a social network to defraud or appropriate property, users should immediately report it to the nearest police agency for timely support and handling.

David Pac

Update 07 March 2023