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Incident 9111 Report
Yahoo Boys Allegedly Employ Real-Time Deepfake Technology in Romance Scams
2022-05-01
Scammers from Nigeria, known as "Yahoo Boys," are reportedly utilizing real-time deepfake technology to impersonate individuals during video calls, deceiving victims in romance scams. By allegedly altering their appearance with face-swapping software, they build trust under false identities to defraud targets of substantial sums.
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