Scammers use AI to fake faces and voices of relatives or authorities (Police, Court) to make video calls demanding urgent money transfers.
Hack account or take public photos/videos from victim's social media.
Use AI Deepfake to generate video of face and voice of the account owner.
Message "borrow urgent money" or make video call to friends list.
Video calls are usually very short (5-10s), blurry, glitchy (blaming weak network) to hide AI flaws.
Ask to transfer money to "owner's" account (actually a fake bank account with same name or initials).
"Seeing is Believing" Script
Video Call (Zalo, Messenger)
Deepfake face, voice cloning
People with distant relatives, elderly
Lost money, exposed personal info
Typical identifying signs
Image lags, blurs, stiff face or mouth movement does not match voice.
Call lasts only a few seconds then cuts off with excuse "weak network", "busy".
Even if it's a relative, they ask to transfer to another person's account or unclear abbreviation name.
Always creates emergency situations (accident, emergency, arrested) so you don't have time to think.
AI is making "seeing is believing" no longer reliable.
Deepfake Cases
Fake Police
Fake Friends
Scammers often hack Facebook/Zalo accounts first, then use AI to create fake videos of the account owner to borrow money from friends.
TECHUnderstanding AI technology being exploited for video call scams.
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