Singapore Businessman Loses $3.8M in Deepfake Zoom Scam

A Singapore businessman was defrauded of SGD4.9 million (US$3.8 million) after participating in a deepfake Zoom call where AI was used to impersonate Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and other executives.

20 May, 23:04 — 20 May, 23:04

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Singapore businessman loses $3.8M in deepfake Zoom call posing as PM Lawrence Wong

A Singapore businessman wired at least SGD4.9 million (US$3.8 million) to scammers after attending a Zoom video conference in which AI was used to impersonate Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and executives of asset manager BlackRock.

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Singapore Businessman Loses $3.8M in Deepfake Zoom Scam

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Singapore businessman loses $3.8M in deepfake Zoom call posing as PM Lawrence Wong

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