Descripción: Yahoo Boys (from Nigeria and Ghana) and scammers from Morocco are reportedly targeting U.S. widows and vulnerable individuals using AI-generated images and fake military profiles in "Artificial Patriot" scams. They have allegedly impersonated military officials such as General Matthew W. McFarlane to gain trust, sharing fabricated backstories and emotional appeals. Once trust is established, they request money through untraceable methods.
Editor Notes: The Yahoo Boys are reportedly not so much a centralized group as a loosely connected network of individuals and small clusters engaging in cybercrime schemes. In French-language reporting, they are usually referred to as "brouteurs," while in English-language reporting, they are often identified as "Yahoo Boys." While the Yahoo Boys have reportedly been experimenting with deepfake technology since sometime in 2021 or 2022, the incident date of 09/23/2024 is based off of initial reporting on American Patriot scams. See Incident 911 for more general reporting on Yahoo Boys using deepfakes for romance scams. See Incident 901 for a specific example of how three Yahoo Boys allegedly defrauded a French woman of $850,000 by posing as Brad Pitt. See Incident 913 for information pertaining to their use of AI to allegedly impersonate news organizations to blackmail victims.
Entidades
Ver todas las entidadesAlleged: Unknown deepfake technology developers developed an AI system deployed by Yahoo Boys , Scammers from West Africa , Scammers from Nigeria , Scammers from Morocco , Scammers from Ghana y Brouteurs, which harmed Widows , Matthew W. McFarlane , Impersonated American military officials , Emotionally vulnerable individuals y American widows.
Sistema de IA presuntamente implicado: Unknown deepfake apps
Estadísticas de incidentes
ID
912
Cantidad de informes
2
Fecha del Incidente
2024-11-21
Editores
Informes del Incidente
Cronología de Informes
Los estafadores extranjeros están utilizando inteligencia artificial para crear perfiles militares falsos muy convincentes, que apuntan a algunos de los miembros más vulnerables de la sociedad: las viudas estadounidenses. Estos llamados "pa…
ATLANTA (InvestigateTV) --- El soldado con doble amputación sostiene una torta y pide deseos de cumpleaños. Los estadounidenses patriotas le dan me gusta, comentan y comparten la publicación con sus seguidores.
Pero el soldado no es real. F…
Variantes
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