Another AI face-changing fraud: Anhui man was cheated out of 1.32 million yuan in 9 seconds
CTOnews.com May 25 news, according to Anqing public security news, recently, Mr. he in Anqing, Anhui Province received a video call from an acquaintance who asked him to help transfer money, and the video hung up 9 seconds later on the grounds of a meeting. As the faces and voices in the video are acquaintances, Mr. he transferred 1.32 million yuan without thinking about it. But unexpectedly, this is a telecom fraud using AI face-changing technology. Fortunately, Mr. he called the police in time, and after receiving the alarm, the special police rushed to Beijing overnight to arrest three suspects involved in fraud. On May 22, the police returned the cheated money of 1.32 million yuan recovered first to Mr. he in time, and the case is currently under further investigation.
This is not the first fraud case using AI face-changing technology, after CTOnews.com reported that "4.3 million yuan was cheated by AI face-changing technology in 10 minutes". Fraudsters all use AI face-changing and onomatopoeia technology to imitate the victim's friends or relatives and transfer money to the victim for various reasons.
At present, AI face-changing technology is not only used in telecom fraud, but also appears in the live broadcast of stars. Some anchors mislead consumers by stealing the faces of stars to carry out commercial goods. According to thepaper.cn, there are also a number of AI face-changing apps on the shelves in the app store, which can almost confuse the real with the fake. A short video platform also launched a "AI shoot" game, users can bring their own face to the star, you can release the video.
In the face of these unpreventable fraud technology, what method can be identified? Experts suggest that there are flaws in the texture features of the "AI fake face". For example, the eye or tooth outline details are inconsistent; the pupil color or reflection details are different; the edges of the teeth are too neat, and so on. In addition, the "AI false face" may not conform to the physiological characteristics of normal people, such as the frequency of blinking, and the movement of the mouth may not be true and accurate. In addition, falsifying video can cause video jitter and lead to inconsistencies between frames. In addition, some netizens said that they can ask the other person to shake their fingers in front of their faces. If the face is deformed, it is a "AI fake face".
