In February 2024, a multinational company’s finance manager received a video call from someone who appeared to be the company’s CEO, urgently requesting a confidential purchase of company shares. Trusting the familiar face and voice, the manager authorized a $25 million transfer—only to later discover that the “CEO” was a highly sophisticated AI-generated deepfake. (Source:…
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How to Spot Fake Celebrity Endorsements Before It’s Too Late
1. Introduction: A Friend Lost $500—How It Happened Emma, a college student living in California, came across a “limited-time offer” video ad while scrolling through Instagram. The video showed Elon Musk enthusiastically endorsing a new “AI investment platform,” claiming it could double a $250 investment within 24 hours. The ad linked to what looked like…
The Rise of AI Voice Cloning: How Scammers Are Using Technology to Mimic Your Loved Ones
1. When Voices Betray: A Family Nearly Fooled by an AI Voice Cloning Scam In a recent real-life case reported by multiple news outlets, a father received a phone call that sounded exactly like his son. The voice was panicked and urgent, claiming that the son was involved in a serious accident and needed bail…
RealCall 2023 Scam Report: The Latest Data on Scams Concerning You
Background Yes, it is our inherent responsibility to confront scammers. Now, we are using a report to bid farewell to 2023 and welcome 2024. In this report, we delve into people’s daily habits that may finally lead to actual results—either making them scam-proof or more susceptible to scams. Introduction RealCall has released reports ranging from…
AI Scam Report by RealCall
The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has brought about a new wave of possibilities and conveniences, which is especially true when OpenAI released ChatGPT. However, as with any innovation, there comes a darker side. In RealCall’s recent survey aiming at unveiling the prevalence and impact of AI-driven scams, insights have emerged. The results not only…
A Pig Butchering Scam Report Released by RealCall – Avoid Huge Economic Losses Traps
RealCall released a Pig Butchering Scam Report on November 30, one month after the release of Quarterly Report on Scam Calls for Q3 of 2022. Pig Butchering Scam is the topic RealCall has been expecting to dig into since a long time ago because such reports on such a topic have been released by any…
The Latest Weekly Report (March 12 to 18) on Scam Calls by RealCall – Scam Alerts, News, Data, and Forecasts
Here comes the weekly report on scam calls for the time range from March 12 to March 18. Weekly Scam Alerts Government Agencies Imposing Scam Calls Last week, a Great Bend Woman indicated government agencies imposing scam calls. “It just felt it was really scary,” the Great Bend woman said. “It was a gentleman who…
The Latest Weekly Report (March 5 to 11) on Scam Calls by RealCall – Scam Alerts, News, Data, and Forecasts
Last week, RealCall Blocklist got updated and more scam calls will be blocked based on that. That enables RealCall to move on toward accurate blocking. RealCall constantly updates Blocklist which is one of the biggest number bases developed by the RealCall team and it is capable to block most suspicious calls via AI technology, branch…
The Latest Weekly Report (February 26 to March 4) on Scam Calls by RealCall – Scam Alerts, News, Data, and Forecasts
Last week, RealCall Blocklist got updated and more scam calls will be blocked based on that. That enables RealCall to move on toward accurate blocking. RealCall constantly updates Blocklist which is one of the biggest number bases developed by the RealCall team and it is capable to block most suspicious calls via AI technology, branch…
The Latest Weekly Report (Feb. 19 to 25) by RealCall – Scam Alerts, News, Data, and Forecasts
Up to now, RealCall weekly reports on scam calls have received attention from RealCall users carrying high alert and awareness on scam risks. This category of articles helps them identify and avoid scams by training them to think like pros. This article provides scam alerts, news, data, and forecasts corresponding to last week, from February…