DeepfakeHigh
Yahoo Boys Allegedly Employ Real-Time Deepfake Technology in Romance Scams
- Occurred
- May 1, 2022
- Published
- Apr 18, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Scammers from Nigeria, known as "Yahoo Boys," are reportedly utilizing real-time deepfake technology to impersonate individuals during video calls, deceiving victims in romance scams. By allegedly altering their appearance with face-swapping software, they build trust under false identities to defraud targets of substantial sums.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
Deployers
- Yahoo Boys
- Scammers in Nigeria
- Brouteurs
Harmed parties
- Targets of the Yahoo Boys
- Targets of scammers in Nigeria
- Targets of romance scams
- Targets of brouteurs
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: Real-time deepfake technology used in romance scams causing financial harm and deception.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8