Scam Radar
Deepfake fraud went mainstream in 2024-2025: cloned CFO voices authorizing wire transfers, fake video calls with stolen executive likenesses, AI-generated KYC selfies. This page tracks confirmed cases and the detection signatures Mythos uses.
Scammers now use AI-generated images to fabricate emotional stories and trick people into sending money or sharing personal data. From fake lost-pet posts to fundraising appeals showing non-existent...
Following the Arup HK$200M (~USD 25.6M) case, real-time deepfake video-call fraud has spread: finance staff are invited to a Teams/Zoom call where the 'CFO' and 'colleagues' are AI-generated,...
In 2025 the FBI IC3 received more than 22,000 complaints citing AI involvement, with losses exceeding USD 893 million. Criminals use generative AI to: clone a relative's or executive's voice from...
The FBI's 2025 Internet Crime Report reveals $893 million in AI-related scam losses across 22,364 complaints, with voice cloning, deepfake videos, and AI-generated scripts supercharging classic fraud...
Hackers are exploiting Meta's new AI customer-support chatbot to hijack Instagram accounts, including high-profile handles like the Obama White House and a US Space Force chief. The trick: an...
Scammer harvests 30-90s of family voice from Instagram Reels/TikTok, uses ElevenLabs/Sesame to clone. Calls victim ('grandson voice') claiming kidnap or arrest, demands crypto/wire. Chainalysis 2025:...
Scam firms display AFSL number stolen from a legitimate Sydney/Melbourne broker. Targets Australian retirees via Facebook ads, often deepfake AU celebrities (Forrest, Rinehart). 2024: ASIC removed...
AI deepfake of Elon Musk/Donald Trump/Jeff Bezos/Andrew Tate runs on hijacked YouTube channels (often verified, stolen). 'Send 1 BTC, get 2 back during this Tesla event.' April 2024 (solar eclipse):...
Phishing clones mimic eToro/Plus500/IG Markets/Saxo. Victim invests via clone, sees fake gains, can't withdraw. Advertised via Facebook/Instagram with deepfake celebrities (Branson, Musk, local TV...
Europol IOCTA 2026 highlights how AI, encryption and proxies have industrialised cross-border EU fraud. Fraud-as-a-Service kits enable mass-scale BEC, romance scams and investment fraud with...
Finance employee receives Teams/Zoom call where the CEO's voice and (increasingly) video are AI-generated using ElevenLabs / HeyGen / public earnings call footage. Voice instructs urgent wire to 'M&A...
Senior in Ontario/Quebec/BC receives call from 'grandson in custody' (sometimes a Telegram-recruited Canadian courier on payroll, sometimes AI voice clone), with a 'duty counsel lawyer' explaining...
Caller (sometimes AI voice clone of grandchild from social media samples) tells grandparent 'I've been arrested / in an accident, don't tell mom and dad, I need $9,000 bail in cash'. A 'bail...
Scammer runs Meta/X/TikTok ads using deepfake video of Elon Musk, Cathie Wood, Warren Buffett or local celebrity 'endorsing' a crypto or stock platform. FTC reports $5.7B investment fraud losses in...
Jan 2024: AI-voiced robocall impersonating Joe Biden told New Hampshire Democrats not to vote in the primary. Operator (Steve Kramer) later prosecuted; FCC subsequently ruled AI-voiced robocalls...
Threat actor scrapes public footage of a known ex-official / NGO leader / scholar the target would reasonably take a meeting with. Schedules a Zoom under a lookalike calendar invite (often from a...
Latest evolution: the scammer is a fully automated chatbot pipeline (LLM for chat + voice TTS for occasional voice notes + AI image gen for 'selfies on demand'). Scales to thousands of victims...
Scammers (often based abroad) target teens via Instagram / Snapchat / Discord, scrape their photos, generate AI-explicit deepfake, then extort: pay $500 or this goes to your school + classmates. FBI...
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