Scammers Reportedly Used Real-Time Deepfake Video to Impersonate Veriff CEO Kaarel Kotkas in WhatsApp Fraud Attempt
May 1, 2025
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- Alleged developer
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- victims-of-deepfake-abuse, veriff, kaarel-kotkas, epistemic-integrity, andrea-rozenberg
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