Dario had extra money, I was looking for what invest And in social networks he found a series of videos that gave him some tips. He opted for a company that gave him “security”, and deposited US $ 250, receiving a gain of US $ 100. The disbursement amounts were growing until one day they asked for US $ 6,000 taking advantage of the fact that the oil “was going to rise in price.” To withdraw that money and the alleged profits, they asked for tax payments. Today he is still waiting for US $ 20,000 to return to him.
For some time, through various platforms, the possibility of “earning easy money” is offered only by depositing an initial amount. Now even the Deepfake which are videos or audios with known characters that supposedly provide recommendations to be part of an investment program.
Julio Velarde, president of the Central Reserve Bank; the mining businessman Roque Benavides; the former Fernando Zavala; the founder of the Gloria Group, Jorge Rodríguez Rodríguez; CERDICORP CEO, Gianfranco Ferrari; And the Group Aje Founder, Carlos Añaños are just some examples of this image manipulation that the ESPEASTORS.
How do I identify the deception?
These scams rely on artificial intelligence (AI) to manipulate people’s voices. Luis Chávez, Leader of Education in Fraud Prevention of the BCP, explained that before he emphasized asking people who have special care with the flickers, the accent, the gesture of the characters used, however, the recommendation now goes further.
“Technology has been advancing so much, that it is increasingly difficult to identify the falsehood of a video,” he explained and explained that to determine the truthfulness you have to focus on details such as the profile that the information shares.
In addition, as these videos are usually accompanied by a link to an alleged news portal, he indicated that it is important to check the URL of that account, since they usually clone media pages to make their scam more credible.
It is also important to resort to the official accounts of the institutions or companies where people whose image has been manipulated to find out if they have effectively provided those statements.
In case you have provided information on your accounts and cards, the analyst recommended blocking them immediately, so that the scammers do not use that data. If he was already a victim of these criminals, the BCP representative suggested to file the complaint with the police and make publicly visible what has happened so that there are no new affected.
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