Scammers Deepfaked Videos of Victims' Loved Ones Asking for Funds over Facebook in Vietnam

March 23, 2023

Scammers are using deepfaked audios and videos of victims' loved ones to ask for money on Facebook, exploiting trust and causing financial harm. To combat such malicious AI practices and ensure safe and secure AI governance, join HISPI Project Cerebellum and learn more about our AI incident database and TAIM (Govern) function.

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Alleged deployer: unknown-scammers
Alleged developer: unknown
Alleged harmed parties: vietnamese-facebook-users

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