Migrants accused of robbery spree across NYC - YouTubeDeepfakes Used to Trick Man into Sending $25M to Scammers - YouTubeThey did a fake video conference with an employee and had him send funds to 25 accounts.
He was a week into the scam when he contacted people at his company and they said they didn't know what he was talking about.
They used publicly available footage of the people they wanted to impersonate.
Is the solution just passing a law? when the problem is people in another country? but you can do it from within the country anonymously.
Nigerian man charged with sextortion of B.C. teen - YouTubeThe youth men what he thought was a girl on the net and after a couple minutes talk she asked for nudes and he sent them. Then she attempted to blackmail him for gift cards. He committed suicide. Mounties on project EPA were led to Nigeria.
44% increase in sexual extortion reports last year. Most were male. 80% over age 18.
Romance scams resulted in $60m leave Canadians' accounts in 2020. Last year $360.
Investigating the con that combines romance scams and crypto fraud (Marketplace) - YouTubeIt's much easier to track large amounts of money when it's crypto than would be cash.
‘I have never had anyone call me honey and baby before. It’s really sweet.'
It usually has attractive people's photos and nice treatment and seeing (fake) inital big gains, the promise of becomming rich. Sometimes the duped does the initial reachout when responding to an advertisement.
It's called ‘pig butchering.’
Officials: Mexican drug cartel targets Native American reservations with fentanyl - YouTube