Finance worker is tricked into paying scammers £20million by deepfake video call using AI copies of his colleagues, including British-based boss

 

A finance worker has been tricked into paying scammers £20million by a deepfake video call using AI copies of his colleagues, including his British-based boss.

The employee in Hong Kong first received an email supposedly from his chief financial officer (CFO) in the UK, which initially made him suspicious.

But he was convinced to send the money he was asked for - a total of £20.3million sent in 15 transactions from five bank accounts - after a video call with the deepfake of the CFO and other colleagues, whose likeness was recreated using AI technology.

When the man contacted his company's headquarters to verify the transaction, he finally realised he had been scammed..

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