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Credit Washers Disturbing New Scheme - Fake Human Trafficking 🚨
Frank McKenna
April 29, 2025
Hi Good Folks đź‘‹
It was only a matter of time.
This week, 404 Media reported that “The Age of Realtime Deepfake Fraud Is Here,” citing the use of deepfakes by Yahoo Boys to carry out flawless deepfakes on victims, including Format Boy, whom I regularly report on in this newsletter.
Let’s get to the top snippets of the week
Top Fraud Snippets This Week
Meta Screwed Up Again - Meta is a mess when it comes to security. Meta’s AI bot companions are now carrying out graphic fantasy sexual conversations (including rape) with kids, according to the Wall Street Journal. Alarmingly, these bots are using celebrity personas, such as John Cena, who agreed to be cloned. Read More
Banker “Borrows” Money - An employee of First National Bank is in jail after she says she “borrowed money from a couple of customers who didn’t need it”. Nice justification! Read More
Old AI People - The latest scam making the rounds? Old AI people on social media are being used to fool people into thinking they are buying handcrafted bags and watches when it’s nothing more than cheaply made Chinese goods. Watch Video
Despicable Scammers - 5 fraudsters have been arrested for stealing FEMA benefits from homeowners who lost their homes in the Pacific Palisades fires in January of this year. They claimed they were renting the properties but it was a massive lie. Read More
Strange Chase Scam - This is an odd Chase Impersonation scam. A victim was transferred from “Chase Fraud Dept” to a fake NYPD police station, where fake police in uniform held video calls with him. Read It
Polymorphic AI Phishing - Knowbe4 warns that AI-driven phishing now accounts for 74% of all emails, where the details of the subject line and other information are subtly altered to bypass companies’ filters, even after the original phishing email is blocked. Read More.
Pope Scams Everywhere - Cybercriminals wasted no time and an explosion of scams related to his death hit social media sites globally. Read More
PinDrop Hits $100 Million—According to this new report, PinDrop, the company that fights deepfakes in call centers,, has reached $100 million in revenue and is profitable. Read More
Scammers will be smarter than you - An AI model, ChatGPT 4.5, has officially passed the Turing test, marking a newer, even scarier era of AI as it surpasses human capability. Read More
Weird Law - Japan introduced new law to stop fraud. No cell phones at ATM machines if you are over 65 years old. Read More
Credit Washers Are Filing Fake Human Trafficking Claims
A diabolical new fraud scheme is sweeping through the shadowy corners of the credit repair industry.
Unscrupulous credit repair companies are falsely claiming their customers are human trafficking victims to systematically and fraudulently remove negative items from their credit reports.
The scam exploits a protection implemented by the CFPB in 2022 to help actual human trafficking survivors rebuild their lives.
Victim Shaming - No One Believes She Was A Victim Of An AI Clone Scam
What happens when you are convinced AI scammed you, but no one believes you? It's a phenomenon that is happening with increasing regularity.
A Reddit User and mother from Illinois recently fell victim to what she described as an "AI phone scam," losing thousands of dollars and suffering severe emotional trauma.
She claimed AI was used to clone her daughter's voice to carry out a treacherous "kidnapping scam" that had her on the phone for hours with the captors trying to free her daughter.
However, her claim that AI was used sparked a heated debate, with many people expressing doubt that it happened.
24-Hour Synthetic Identity Uses Experian “BackDoor” And TextVerified
A new complex fraud scheme claims to have developed a method that creates a usable synthetic identity profile in 24 hours, which can be liquidated for $20,000.
The YouTube tutorial, which you can watch here, involves using an Experian “Backdoor Method” that uses bill history and the notoriously exploited TextVerified platform for phone verification. At its core, the method builds good FICO scores using bank accounts rather than authorized users.
They also recommend using specific SSN prefixes for the CPN profiles such as “791-89” and “766-87,” because those prefixes are mostly not issues SSN’s currently. Be on high alert for those.
Inside The $8 Million AI Deepfake Extortion Attack From Cambodia
Chinese fraud gangs operating out of Cambodian scam compounds carried out an $8 million extortion scheme targeting Vietnamese business leaders by using deepfake explicit content of the executives and demanding cryptocurrency payments of $80,000 as extortion.
"Hello, I am a private investigator hired to investigate you," began one threatening message received by a victim. "I have been secretly monitoring your activities and discovered indecent, immoral behavior while in your position of power."
In some cases, the scammers physically delivered threatening letters to victims' homes and workplaces, making the threats even more real.
Companies need to prepare for this new AI scam, which originated in Singapore and has now spread to other Asian countries.
From Minecraft To A $230 Million Crypto Fraud and Kidnapping
Does your kid play Minecraft? This might give you pause.
A wealthy teenage crypto fraudster stole $243 million in Bitcoin but was undone when rival violent scammers kidnapped his high-profile parents.
The kid was part of a Minecraft spinoff group called “The Com” which has evolved into a violent criminal organization that was involved in a massive, violent and extreme crypto scam that has captured the attention of law enforcement.
How Fraudulent Bot Students Overran San Diego Colleges
When the spring semester began, Southwestern College professor Elizabeth Smith felt good. Two of her online classes were full, with 104 students enrolled. Even the classes’ waitlists, which fit 20 students, were maxed out. That had never happened before.
But by the end of the first two weeks of the semester, Smith’s class only had 15 students in it. She and hundreds of other teachers in San Diego experienced a wave of fraudulent ghost students (bots) stealing millions in financial aid.
But how are the fraudsters pulling off the scam? This article provides a detailed breakdown of the scam.
He Was A Nail Tech But Then Got 13 Remote IT Positions At The Same Time
Vong, a nail technician at Allure Nail Salon in Bowie, Maryland, earned $45,000 (including Tips) in 2021.
Starting in 2022, his salary jumped to over $430,000 a year. How did he do it? He secured 13 Remote IT Jobs working for government agencies, including the FAA. The problem was that he could barely use a computer. He acted as a front for a North Korean who paid him close to $1 million to use his identity to secure the jobs.
The $20 Bill Scam is Sweeping Over Los Angeles
A new diversion scam is sweeping over Los Angeles County.
Scammers approach people at ATMs and try to push $20 bills into their wallets and purses, claiming the victim dropped the money. In reality, this is a diversion scam, and the scammers are stealing people’s debit card information right from under their noses.
The scammers rush to banks and immediately drain their victims' accounts. This scam is targeting people all over Los Angeles now.
The Hamburglar - He Scammed McDonald’s For Over 100 Free Hamburgers
A Reddit User has a confession - he is the Hamburglar.
“When you sign up for the McDonald’s app, you get an offer for a free hamburger/cheeseburger when you spend at least $1. I learned quickly that you can log out of that account in the app and create a new one very easily,” he confessed.
He admits he has sniped 100 free hamburgers with his scheme.
That’s all, folks. Hope you have a great week fighting fraud.
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Frank