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Scammers Are Deepfaking FBI Officials. Their Targets Are People Who Already Lost the Money.
AI Scams & Fraud

Scammers Are Deepfaking FBI Officials. Their Targets Are People Who Already Lost the Money.

The FBI says criminals are using AI videos of its own senior officials to drive victims toward a fake IC3 site. Recovery scams took $1.4 billion from Americans in 2025.

August 25, 2026
Australia Took Down 19,400 Scams in a Year. The AI Problem Is Not the Fake Videos.
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Australia Took Down 19,400 Scams in a Year. The AI Problem Is Not the Fake Videos.

ASIC removed 19,400 online scams in a year, up 182%. The real shift is not better deepfakes. AI now mass-produces the reviews, articles and sites you check them against.

August 25, 2026
A Hidden Line of Text on a Web Page Told AI Agents to Send Crypto to a Stranger
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A Hidden Line of Text on a Web Page Told AI Agents to Send Crypto to a Stranger

Zscaler found live sites hiding instructions your eyes never see but your AI agent obeys. Four of 26 models paid a stranger's crypto wallet for a fake license.

August 5, 2026
The FBI Says Scammers Are Deepfaking Its Own Agents to Rob People Twice
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The FBI Says Scammers Are Deepfaking Its Own Agents to Rob People Twice

The FBI warns fraud victims are being hunted a second time: deepfake videos of its own officials and pixel-perfect copies of the IC3 site. Here is the tell.

July 30, 2026
A Hidden Line on a Web Page Told the AI Agent to Pay a Stranger. Four Models Did.
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A Hidden Line on a Web Page Told the AI Agent to Pay a Stranger. Four Models Did.

Zscaler found live websites hiding instructions that browsing AI agents obey. Four of 26 models paid an attacker's crypto wallet to unlock a fake API key.

July 20, 2026
A Fake Zoom Call With the Prime Minister Cost One Businessman S$4.9 Million
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A Fake Zoom Call With the Prime Minister Cost One Businessman S$4.9 Million

A Singapore businessman joined a Zoom call with his prime minister, the central bank and BlackRock. Every official was a deepfake. He wired S$4.9 million.

June 29, 2026
A Jailbroken Chatbot Let One Scammer Do the Work of an Entire Crew
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A Jailbroken Chatbot Let One Scammer Do the Work of an Entire Crew

A lone Russian-speaking scammer used a jailbroken Gemini and stolen API keys to run a five-year fraud operation. The crew he replaced is the real story.

June 8, 2026
The $25 Million Deepfake Heist — And What It Means for Your Business
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The $25 Million Deepfake Heist — And What It Means for Your Business

A finance worker in Hong Kong wired $25M after a video call with what looked like his CFO. Every other person on the call was AI. Here is what to learn.

May 26, 2026

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