Scammers Deepfaked Videos of Victims' Loved Ones Asking for Funds over Facebook in Vietnam
March 23, 2023
In Vietnam, to convince victims of their disguises when prompted, scammers deepfaked audios and videos of victims' friends and families asking them over Facebook to send over thousands of dollars.
- Alleged deployer
- scammers
- Alleged developer
- unknown
- Alleged harmed parties
- vietnamese-facebook-users
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/509
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