Three cases of scammers using deepfake technology to mimic the voices of victims' friends have been reported so far this year.
Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Comm Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said the cases were reported in Kuala Terengganu, Kuala Lumpur and Penang.
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Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Comm Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said the cases were reported in Kuala Terengganu, Kuala Lumpur and Penang.
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00:00Conspiring as a friend is one of the many categories of fraud.
00:06According to records since 2024,
00:10a total of 454 such cases
00:14involve losses exceeding 2.272 million.
00:22The usual tactic used
00:25is to send a WhatsApp message
00:29claiming to know the victim.
00:32The suspect then claimed
00:34that he was in trouble
00:36and wanted to borrow money from the victim.
00:39The victim would be asked to transfer the money
00:42to a certain account,
00:44which is a bank account.
00:47Now, the fraud tactic used
00:49has evolved
00:51to the use of a voice
00:53similar to the victim's acquaintance.
00:56According to a media statement
00:58by the head of Kuala Terengganu Police
01:00on 23 August 2024,
01:04a police report was received
01:06in Kuala Terengganu
01:07regarding this latest fraud tactic
01:10involving a 63-year-old victim.
01:15In this case,
01:16the victim, who worked as a tourist agent,
01:19was deceived when he was contacted
01:21by an unknown number
01:23who then claimed to know the victim.
01:26According to a voice similar to the victim's acquaintance,
01:30the victim agreed to lend
01:3349,800 ringgit
01:37and the amount was transferred
01:39to the given account.
01:42The Malaysian Royal Police did not deny
01:44the possibility that deepfake technology
01:47was used in this case
01:49to deceive the victim's acquaintance.
01:52The investigation continues under Section 420
01:55of the Penal Code.
01:58Among other things,
01:59two more police reports were received
02:02on 23 August 2024,
02:05each in Kuala Lumpur
02:07and Penang
02:09involving the same fraud tactic.
02:12For the case in Kuala Lumpur,
02:14the victim, a 26-year-old woman
02:17who worked as an interior designer,
02:20was deceived by 3,000 ringgit
02:23after being contacted by her friend
02:25for the purpose of lending money.
02:28The friend is an inverted comma.
02:30Meanwhile,
02:31for the case in Penang,
02:34the victim, a 50-year-old woman
02:37who was a housewife,
02:39was deceived by 4,800 ringgit
02:43by her acquaintance
02:45who claimed to have lost her wallet and phone.
02:49Both cases are being investigated
02:51under Section 420 of the Penal Code.
02:55Based on this development,
02:57it is expected that the same tactic
02:59will continue to be used
03:01by fraud syndicates
03:03to deceive the victim.
03:04Based on this development,
03:06it is expected that the same tactic
03:07will continue to be used
03:08by fraud syndicates
03:09to deceive the victim.
03:11Indeed, it is advised
03:13that the people take preventive measures
03:16to avoid
03:18becoming the victim of fraud.