Three deepfake phone scams reported this year, says CCID director

The Star

Three cases of scammers using deepfake technology to mimic the voices of victims' friends have been reported so far this year.  Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Comm Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said the cases were reported in Kuala Terengganu, Kuala Lumpur and Penang.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/yc4vd3fv   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

Transcript

00:00Conspiring as a friend is one of the many categories of fraud.

00:06According to records since 2024,

00:10a total of 454 such cases

00:14involve losses exceeding 2.272 million.

00:22The usual tactic used

00:25is to send a WhatsApp message

00:29claiming to know the victim.

00:32The suspect then claimed

00:34that he was in trouble

00:36and wanted to borrow money from the victim.

00:39The victim would be asked to transfer the money

00:42to a certain account,

00:44which is a bank account.

00:47Now, the fraud tactic used

00:49has evolved

00:51to the use of a voice

00:53similar to the victim's acquaintance.

00:56According to a media statement

00:58by the head of Kuala Terengganu Police

01:00on 23 August 2024,

01:04a police report was received

01:06in Kuala Terengganu

01:07regarding this latest fraud tactic

01:10involving a 63-year-old victim.

01:15In this case,

01:16the victim, who worked as a tourist agent,

01:19was deceived when he was contacted

01:21by an unknown number

01:23who then claimed to know the victim.

01:26According to a voice similar to the victim's acquaintance,

01:30the victim agreed to lend

01:3349,800 ringgit

01:37and the amount was transferred

01:39to the given account.

01:42The Malaysian Royal Police did not deny

01:44the possibility that deepfake technology

01:47was used in this case

01:49to deceive the victim's acquaintance.

01:52The investigation continues under Section 420

01:55of the Penal Code.

01:58Among other things,

01:59two more police reports were received

02:02on 23 August 2024,

02:05each in Kuala Lumpur

02:07and Penang

02:09involving the same fraud tactic.

02:12For the case in Kuala Lumpur,

02:14the victim, a 26-year-old woman

02:17who worked as an interior designer,

02:20was deceived by 3,000 ringgit

02:23after being contacted by her friend

02:25for the purpose of lending money.

02:28The friend is an inverted comma.

02:30Meanwhile,

02:31for the case in Penang,

02:34the victim, a 50-year-old woman

02:37who was a housewife,

02:39was deceived by 4,800 ringgit

02:43by her acquaintance

02:45who claimed to have lost her wallet and phone.

02:49Both cases are being investigated

02:51under Section 420 of the Penal Code.

02:55Based on this development,

02:57it is expected that the same tactic

02:59will continue to be used

03:01by fraud syndicates

03:03to deceive the victim.

03:04Based on this development,

03:06it is expected that the same tactic

03:07will continue to be used

03:08by fraud syndicates

03:09to deceive the victim.

03:11Indeed, it is advised

03:13that the people take preventive measures

03:16to avoid

03:18becoming the victim of fraud.

Category

Transcript

Recommended