Leitz Cine, a "sister company" of Leica, has issued a warning to customers that a "scammer organization" has purchased a domain name similar to the official company website and could attempt to contact them via email impersonating official employees. [Read More]
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A Hong Kong-based finance worker was scammed into paying $200 million Hong Kong dollars ($25.6 million) to criminals after a virtual meeting with deepfakes. [Read More]
Famed natural photographer and National Geographic contributor Paul Nicklen has warned people that fraudsters are using his likeness to scam people. [Read More]
MrBeast has warned that a video for an iPhone giveaway that appears to be fronted by him is actually an artificial intelligence (AI) generated deepfake scam. [Read More]
The FBI raided the home of a gallery owner who is accused of cheating clients out of more than 100 rare fine art photographs, including prints by famed landscape photographer Ansel Adams, worth an estimated $1.6 million. [Read More]
The FBI issued a warning that a rising number of scammers are using deepfake technology to impersonate job candidates during interviews for remote positions. [Read More]