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A look at Google’s support for the Industry Accord Against Online Scams and Fraud and its ongoing work to fight scammers.

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FT AI correspondent Melissa Heikkilä steps inside the world of deepfakes - swapping faces with a colleague, dissecting scams, and examining what it will take to stop their spread

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0:57 How to make a deepfake
03:50 How the FT's Martin Wolf was deepfaked in a scam
05:07 Pindrop - a company who detect deepfakes
05:22 Interview with Vijay Balasubramaniyan, Pindrop CEO
07:43 Academic face swap papers
07:58 The Rubber Mask Scammer - Gilbert Chikli
08:25 Victor Mallet from the FT attended the scammer's trial
10:35 Making the perfect rubber mask
10:45 Interview with Anthrotek CEO Raoul Peltier
14:23 Henry Ajder - Deepfake AI expert
17:20 Claire Leibowicz - Partnership on AI
22:57 Conclusion

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According to the FTC, fraud losses hit $15.9 billion in 2025. Imposter scams led in sheer number of reports, but investment scams caused the steepest financial damage.

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From industrial-scale fraud factories to influence operations and underground banking, Chinese organised crime groups are revolutionising law enforcement's understanding of transnational crime. The FT reports on the globalisation of scamming syndicates and the proliferation of crime-as-a-service tools.

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01:07 Intro
01:25 SMS-blasters
02:38 IMSI-catchers
03:54 Oslo connection
05:54 Spy hunter
07:31 SIM farms in NYC
08:21 The Smishing Triad
11:18 Nigerian crypto scammer
14:17 Chinese scammers in Africa
15:38 Macau, the genesis
16:16 Philippine POGOs
18:18 Criminal convergence in Asia
20:14 Palau connection
22:42 Isle of Man
26:20 China threat
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