Scammers are stealing people's faces for live video calls
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All it takes is two phones and a cheap or free app. Criminals are swiping people’s pictures and using deepfake technology to pose as them in live video calls. It’s a crafty scheme that is bringing them success, especially with romance scams.
The crooks are brazen enough to post tutorials on social media so other criminals can do the same. They show little fear of getting caught, as many of the scammers live overseas and out of the reach of law enforcement in the victim's country.
These posts give us an inside look at how these romance scams play out with real victims in conversations that are often painful to hear.
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Story originally published January 18, 2024.
See print version here at Ampyx News (formerly called Ampere News).
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All it takes is two phones and a cheap or free app. Criminals are swiping people’s pictures and using deepfake technology to pose as them in live video calls.