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Yahoo Boys Allegedly Employ Real-Time Deepfake Technology in Romance Scams
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.
- Date it happened
- 2022-05-01
- Organisation involved
- Yahoo Boys, Scammers in Nigeria, Brouteurs
- Product, system or model
- Deepfake technology
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