What is a AI & Deepfake Scams?
How It Works — Step by Step
- Grandparent/family scam variant: AI clones grandchild's voice, calls grandparent claiming to be in trouble and needing bail money
- CEO fraud: AI clones CEO's voice in a call to finance department authorizing urgent wire transfer
- Celebrity investment scam: Deepfake video of celebrity endorsing fake crypto investment
- Romance scam: Scammer uses deepfake video calls to avoid revealing their real appearance
- Sextortion: AI-generated intimate images created from public photos used to threaten victims
Top Countries (Victims)
Top Platforms Used
⚠️ Warning Signs
- Unexpected call from a family member claiming to be in emergency, immediately asking for money
- Video call where person looks slightly 'off' — unnatural blinking, edge distortion, audio sync issues
- Celebrity or executive endorsing an investment via video you weren't expecting
- Request for immediate wire transfer from an 'executive' via unusual channel (WhatsApp)
- Caller won't video chat or in-person meet despite urgency
✅ How to Protect Yourself
- Establish a family code word to verify emergency calls
- Hang up and call back using a known, saved number for any emergency call
- For executive finance requests: require in-person or multi-party verbal confirmation
- Look for inconsistencies in video calls — deepfakes often have subtle artifacts
- Never send money based solely on a voice or video call, no matter how urgent
Real Cases from Our Database
Celebrity Money Muel Scam An actor named Stephan A. Chang (from what I believe is *Bosch: Legacy*) has a "verified" Facebook account that isn't linked to any of his other social media (Instagram, Thre...
[Zambia] Need help on reporting Dubai scam Hello everyone, I was defrauded by someone posing as a laptop supplier on Reddit. She first contacted me in March and spent nearly two months building trust ...
Google Turns Android Phones Into Deepfake Scam Shields With New Fake Call Detection Tool
Android introduces fake call detection to stop deepfake scams Google added a feature to verify calls from your contacts are actually from who they say they are. >When a contact calls you and you’re bo...
[WA]Did I make the right call? Red flags I picked up: 1. accepting 400 for the seemingly unused board. That’s around 110 USD. Which would be close to the price of that Santa Cruz deck on its own. Hu...
[Remote job] on Malt.com, am I getting scam by foreign intelligence? ​ So for context I created and deleted my Malt account in the frame of 4 days (I'm not really a freelancer, just wanted to s...
[US] I paid $100 for a canva tutorial :( *I won't name her because it might not be a scam (if she's really helping people I don't want to slander her).* **But I think she's making money from going liv...
reversely.ai/duplichecker.com reverse ai search scam reversely.ai duplichecker.com those website uses dark patterns and deceptive claims to scam users. It displays fake search results for private imag...
new AI Scam company called USE.AI I strongly advise everyone to stay away from USE.AI. This platform appears to be operating in a very misleading and unethical manner. They advertised a “7-day free tr...
My grandma ordered from nectarjelly.com and got scammed She ordered royal jelly products from: nectarjelly She never received the order. No delivery, no proper tracking updates, and after a while the ...
[UK] Scammer pretending his cats need medical aid. https://rescue-hearts.org I had an ad on Facebook appear and out of curiosity I opened it and when I looked at the pictures and information it didn’t...
US - Too Good to be True? Got followed and then followed an F on Threads. I pursue these on occasion to check out their angle and maybe troll them and eventually block. Curious mostly. This one show t...
📋 Where to Report AI & Deepfake Scams
- FBI IC3 (ic3.gov)
- FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov)
- Your company's IT security team for CEO fraud
- Local law enforcement