Scams Are Booming. The Latest Numbers, And How To Protect Yourself

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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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0:00 Introduction
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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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
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16:16 Philippine POGOs
18:18 Criminal convergence in Asia
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