Recently, the country’s police have received more frequent appeals from citizens with blackmail using deepfakes. The scheme looks like this:
- An unknown friend account is added to your instagram account. Let’s say some girl.
- After a short correspondence, she calls you via video link. Even if you don’t accept the call, the calls will continue.
- When a call is accepted, a naked girl is displayed on the screen. And while you’re trying to figure out what’s going on, the other person writes down your face.
- As soon as you disconnect, the interlocutor will start demanding money and throw you screenshots with created porn deepfakes based on your scanned face.
In case of refusal, scammers send various similar videos with your face to the list of your subscribers.