FrankonFraud reported:
A Denver real estate agent avoided becoming the victim of a sophisticated identity theft scheme which tried to capture her image and a video during a concocted Zoom call.
The supposed client said she lived out of state and had gotten the her name from another professional at the same brokerage.
“She asked when I was available to jump on a Zoom call, which seemed harmless,” the agent wrote in her Reddit posts.
When the real estate agent clicked the meeting link at the scheduled 7 PM time slot, a red flag appeared almost immediately.
The system first demanded to scan her face, instructing that the camera needed to see her from the waist up “to detect for movement.”
Then came an even stranger request that made the agent end the call immediately. The instructions wanted her to do a 360 scan of her from the waist up, telling her to pause for 10 seconds in each direction.
Find the original article here.
Takeaway: On video or audio calls, ask for a gesture from each to reveal irregularities that can indicate deepfake technology. If there are any unusual requests from you - exit the platform.
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A Denver real estate agent avoided becoming the victim of a sophisticated identity theft scheme which tried to capture her image and a video during a concocted Zoom call.
The supposed client said she lived out of state and had gotten the her name from another professional at the same brokerage.
“She asked when I was available to jump on a Zoom call, which seemed harmless,” the agent wrote in her Reddit posts.
When the real estate agent clicked the meeting link at the scheduled 7 PM time slot, a red flag appeared almost immediately.
The system first demanded to scan her face, instructing that the camera needed to see her from the waist up “to detect for movement.”
Then came an even stranger request that made the agent end the call immediately. The instructions wanted her to do a 360 scan of her from the waist up, telling her to pause for 10 seconds in each direction.
Find the original article here.
Takeaway: On video or audio calls, ask for a gesture from each to reveal irregularities that can indicate deepfake technology. If there are any unusual requests from you - exit the platform.
Enroll in Training Sessions: Last Thursday of Every Month is Training on Frauds and New Scam Alerts and How to Combat