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Editor|Jiang Yuchi
preface
Now the artificial intelligence DeepSeek is a smash hit, and its emergence has made the mainland's AI field instantly reach the world's top level.
Today's AI image generation function has reached the point where it is fake, and the various images generated are also difficult for humans to distinguish.
But I didn't expect that someone would start using this feature to commit fraud, defrauding others of their money through AI, which is unbelievable.
AI Pictures
This situation is especially rare on dating platforms, where AI generates various pictures of beautiful women to defraud men, and the success rate is extremely high.
So how exactly does this scam work? And how can we beware of increasingly sophisticated AI scams?
Unexpected accomplices
AI intelligence is now a big topic in the world, after all, if you can grasp AI, you will almost seize the future.
But as AI becomes more and more advanced, some people have begun to use AI to do some illegal things.
On February 24, the police announced a telecom fraud case in the name of "love and dating", which let us know that AI scams are everywhere.
AI face
In June last year, Mr. Liu, a man from Shanghai, met a netizen surnamed Jiao through a short video platform.
Mr. Liu and Ms. Jiao had a great conversation, and after a period of contact, they felt very close to each other, and often shared interesting stories about their lives online.
Ms. Jiao has shared her selfies many times, and the beautiful and delicate image quickly made Mr. Liu fall in love and pay more attention to the online friends around him.
Photo of "Ms. Jiao".
Once, when Ms. Jiao claimed to be traveling, she asked him for a bracelet of blessing nature, which made Mr. Liu very moved.
Mr. Liu's love for Ms. Jiao became deeper and deeper, and he confessed his heart to her soon after, but he didn't expect Ms. Jiao to agree, and the two became lovers.
It didn't take long for Ms. Jiao to claim to have bought a clothing store to do business, and wanted Mr. Liu to book a flower basket for him to support the opening.
At that time, Mr. Liu was still immersed in the sweetness of love, and without thinking about it, he transferred money to the "flower shop owner" recommended by the other party.
Photographs generated by criminal gangs
Ms. Jiao praised Mr. Liu's behavior, which greatly satisfied Mr. Liu's vanity as a boyfriend.
In the following month, Ms. Jiao continued to ask Mr. Liu for money in various ways.
Mr. Liu asked for money under various pretexts such as family illness and the need for funds for purchases, and Mr. Liu did not refuse, and nearly 200,000 yuan of funds were transferred to Ms. Jiao.
Mr. Liu was also suspicious, but Ms. Jiao showed him his ID card, as well as family medical records and purchase lists, which made Mr. Liu have to believe it.
identity card
But the two have not seen each other after dating for several months, and every time Mr. Liu proposes to go to her, he will be prevaricated by the other party.
After that, Ms. Jiao asked for money more and more frequently, which made Mr. Liu realize that something was wrong, and after realizing that he had been deceived, he reported to the police.
When Mr. Liu explained the situation and the process of their acquaintance to the police, the police found that there were two other victims in the local area who were deceived by the same words, which means that all three of them were deceived by the same "script".
AI-generated photos
After collecting information from the team and the three of them, the police determined that it was a telecom fraud and quickly found the suspect.
Collect the net and arrest
Based on their chat records, transfer records, money flows, and other information, the police quickly found a dating fraud gang.
Through the comparison of information, it is found that the internal division of labor of this fraud gang is very clear, and the work of everyone is closely connected.
Some people in this gang are responsible for draining traffic on short video platforms, and some people are digging out potential victims who have already taken the bait.
Drainage background on the short video platform
They also have professional forgers to develop relevant scripts, and technicians to use AI to generate pictures and selfies needed in chats.
These personnel have their own abilities, and the team carried out fraud operations with "streamlining", and deceived many men.
In January this year, the police collected the net in many provinces and regions, and a total of 10 suspects were arrested, and the amount involved reached more than 2 million.
Sixty mobile phones and more than 250 mobile phone cards were also seized in the house rented by the suspects, as well as the distance they used and the contact list of nearly 1,000 potential victims.
Capture the scene
What Mr. Liu encountered was the script they designed, and he fell deeper and deeper into layers of routines, and finally lost both people and money.
The police also found that they used AI-generated pictures or videos, short video platforms, to carry out "wide-net" fraud.
These photos made with AI have been professionally processed, and the AI traces are very inconspicuous, and many people are not aware of them
AI face swap comparison
AI face swapping has made us half-convinced now, but we never expected that the sound scam was more real, and even the prime minister of Thailand was almost deceived.
Sound scam
On January 15 this year, Thai Prime Minister Petuntan admitted in an interview with the media that he had also encountered telecom fraud and almost believed it.
She recalled that the other party used intelligent AI technology to replace her voice with the voice of the leader of an ASEAN country, and proposed cooperation in the name of "country" to trick her into donating.
Thailand's prime minister said she had heard the voice before, and the voice was so clear and similar in the audio that she thought she was talking to the leader of an ASEAN country.
Be interviewed
But then the fraudsters asked him to donate, and specifically emphasized that Thailand was "the only country in ASEAN that did not donate", which made her wary and suspicious.
Later, the other party sent a bank account, and after investigation, it was found that it did not belong to the bank of the country he claimed to be at all, and then he realized that this was an outright scam.
This kind of trust generated through voice communication is very straightforward, especially when familiar people scam through voice, and anyone can be easily deceived.
Therefore, everyone must maintain due vigilance in life and protect their information.
AI voice change
If you suspect the identity of the other person, you can ask some questions that only the other person knows to verify the authenticity of the other person.
Moreover, experts also pointed out that it is very important that the face and nose made by AI will not be deformed by asking the other party to press their nose to distinguish the real from the fake.
Nowadays, scams are mainly online, so everyone must be careful, especially in scenarios involving capital transactions, and must be very sensitive.
The nose distinguishes the real from the fake
As long as you are vigilant enough and have the right identification method, it is still easy to avoid AI scams.
epilogue
AI scams are now very new, with fraudsters using technology to launch scams and lure victims into falling for them.
But this kind of scam is not invulnerable, and as long as everyone is vigilant enough to distinguish false information, there is nothing the scammers can do.
AI face swapping
The future development of AI is a part that cannot be ignored, but many people abuse AI, which makes this technology very questionable.
It is hoped that in the future, there will be stricter control systems to curb the misuse of technology, so that those with ulterior motives will have no way out.
Have you ever been deceived by AI technology? Should this technology be banned?
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Information source: Hunan Daily 2025-02-24 After using AI to generate "Little Sister", it was drained on the short video platform, and a 10-person wire fraud gang was arrested
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