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"Concerned And Pained": Sudha Murty Flags Fake AI Videos Promising High Returns On Investments
Murty clarified the fake videos that show her talking about investing money are completely false, adding that many people she knows have invested and lost money based on these promises.
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Sudha Murty's Deepfake Video Used For Investment Scam, She Reacts
Sudha Murty said she was "really concerned" about her deepfake videos.
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AI Used To Create Celebrity Deepfakes In Multi-Million Dollar Instagram Scam
A group of suspected scammers in Brazil using Instagram ads featuring deepfakes of supermodel Gisele Bundchen and other celebrities appears to have made millions of dollars through online fraud, according to police investigators.
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Deepfake Political Scam Ads Surge On Meta, Advertisers Spend $49 Million: Report
Scammers are among the top political ad spenders on Meta's platforms, using deepfake videos of American politicians -- including President Donald Trump -- to promote fake government benefits, a watchdog group said Wednesday.
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A Disturbing Trend: Viral Deepfakes Promoting Fake Investment Schemes
A deepfake video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi promoting a fake investment scheme has gone viral on Facebook, posing digital risks to lakhs of potential victims.
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To Gatekeep Or Let Lose? Parents Face Tough Choices On AI
Parents are "very worried" about the future Artificial Intelligence holds for their children -- whether it's deepfakes, "the inability to distinguish between reality and AI," or "the thousands of possible new threats that I wasn't trained to detect".
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AI-Powered Scams Surge Ahead Of Amazon Prime Day 2025, Warns McAfee
In India, where 96 per cent of consumers plan to shop online during the event, 71 per cent have expressed concern over AI-enabled fraud, the study has claimed.
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Crypto Scams Cost Investors $4.6 Billion in 2024, Social Engineering Attacks Surge: Bitget
Bitget’s 2025 Anti-Scam Research Report estimates that global crypto scams led to losses of $4.6 billion (roughly Rs. 39,364 crore) in 2024. CEO Gracy Chen noted that AI has made these scams faster, cheaper, and more difficult to detect.
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'Tool For Grifters': AI Deepfakes Push Consumers Into Buying Dubious Products
Rapid advances in artificial intelligence have fueled what researchers call an AI dystopia, a deception-filled online universe designed to manipulate unsuspecting users into buying dubious products.
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"What Are Your Needs?" New Scam In Indonesia Uses President Deepfakes
Those ensnared by the message were asked to contact a WhatsApp number and hand over between 250,000 and one million rupiah ($15-$60).
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"Concerned And Pained": Sudha Murty Flags Fake AI Videos Promising High Returns On Investments
Murty clarified the fake videos that show her talking about investing money are completely false, adding that many people she knows have invested and lost money based on these promises.
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Sudha Murty's Deepfake Video Used For Investment Scam, She Reacts
Sudha Murty said she was "really concerned" about her deepfake videos.
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AI Used To Create Celebrity Deepfakes In Multi-Million Dollar Instagram Scam
A group of suspected scammers in Brazil using Instagram ads featuring deepfakes of supermodel Gisele Bundchen and other celebrities appears to have made millions of dollars through online fraud, according to police investigators.
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Deepfake Political Scam Ads Surge On Meta, Advertisers Spend $49 Million: Report
Scammers are among the top political ad spenders on Meta's platforms, using deepfake videos of American politicians -- including President Donald Trump -- to promote fake government benefits, a watchdog group said Wednesday.
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A Disturbing Trend: Viral Deepfakes Promoting Fake Investment Schemes
A deepfake video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi promoting a fake investment scheme has gone viral on Facebook, posing digital risks to lakhs of potential victims.
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To Gatekeep Or Let Lose? Parents Face Tough Choices On AI
Parents are "very worried" about the future Artificial Intelligence holds for their children -- whether it's deepfakes, "the inability to distinguish between reality and AI," or "the thousands of possible new threats that I wasn't trained to detect".
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AI-Powered Scams Surge Ahead Of Amazon Prime Day 2025, Warns McAfee
In India, where 96 per cent of consumers plan to shop online during the event, 71 per cent have expressed concern over AI-enabled fraud, the study has claimed.
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Crypto Scams Cost Investors $4.6 Billion in 2024, Social Engineering Attacks Surge: Bitget
Bitget’s 2025 Anti-Scam Research Report estimates that global crypto scams led to losses of $4.6 billion (roughly Rs. 39,364 crore) in 2024. CEO Gracy Chen noted that AI has made these scams faster, cheaper, and more difficult to detect.
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'Tool For Grifters': AI Deepfakes Push Consumers Into Buying Dubious Products
Rapid advances in artificial intelligence have fueled what researchers call an AI dystopia, a deception-filled online universe designed to manipulate unsuspecting users into buying dubious products.
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"What Are Your Needs?" New Scam In Indonesia Uses President Deepfakes
Those ensnared by the message were asked to contact a WhatsApp number and hand over between 250,000 and one million rupiah ($15-$60).
