New from 404 Media: the age of realtime deepfake fraud is here. Scammers in Nigeria are using realtime deepfakes to change their race, facial hair, gender, more to appear as someone else on video calls. Results very realistic now. Also tricking verification systems www.404media.co/the-age-of-r... - ThreadSky

josephcox.bsky.social • 5 days ago

New from 404 Media: the age of realtime deepfake fraud is here. Scammers in Nigeria are using realtime deepfakes to change their race, facial hair, gender, more to appear as someone else on video calls. Results very realistic now. Also tricking verification systems https://www.404media.co/the-age-of-realtime-deepfake-fraud-is-here/

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josephcox.bsky.social•5 days ago

Here's one video example. The Black scammer is presenting himself as the elderly white man over a Skype call with a woman who appears to be in a car. Scammers can also use voice changers at the same time. A scammer I spoke to said this works for romance scams.

https://www.404media.co/the-age-of-realtime-deepfake-fraud-is-here/

josephcox.bsky.social•5 days ago

Here is another video of a deepfake scammer talking to a woman victim. The video zooms out and shows what's really happening

“It’s way better now,” Format Boy, a self-described and high profile “Yahoo Boy” told me.

“Before we couldn't do somethings; we can do now.”

https://www.404media.co/the-age-of-realtime-deepfake-fraud-is-here/

josephcox.bsky.social•5 days ago

This is one of the apps that makes it trivial for scammers to do realtime deepfakes in video calls. Upload any photo you want of whoever you want, start looking like them. One app we contacted already trying to find ways to stop fraud https://www.404media.co/the-age-of-realtime-deepfake-fraud-is-here/

desertwaterfall.bsky.social•5 days ago

Your reporting is brilliant as always, much appreciated! I became a paid subscriber a few months back.

kidvanguard.bsky.social•5 days ago

Yeah people get tricked by a random photo of Jennifer Aniston. This is going to destroy generational wealth.

nika2023.bsky.social•5 days ago

On X everyone thinks Leam Nissan™️ is an actor tho the bio says parodt account🤷‍♀️

nika2023.bsky.social•5 days ago

I mean filters used by Chinese and other influencers were already "impressive"....no wonder that scammers 'sease the opportunity'
At this point the whole world is a big catfish

desertwaterfall.bsky.social•5 days ago

Just curious if you’ll be doing any more reporting on the com? Your research on them over the last year or two was great.

daddybear72.bsky.social•5 days ago

Facebook and other social media sites are loaded with these accounts, yet they won’t remove them.

Money (engagement and clicks) over accountability and user safety.

alloutoffux.bsky.social•5 days ago

Thanks for the info

tomblackheart.bsky.social•5 days ago

I've said it before:
Leverage isn't a show.
It's an instruction manual.

mikethemadbiol.bsky.social•5 days ago

📌

superlanyard.bsky.social•4 days ago

I thought deep fake fraud was ushered in when Trump showed up.

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