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Job ads show Southeast Asian scam hubs are recruiting humans to make deepfake video calls to facilitate crypto and romance scams (Matt Burgess/Wired)

Matt Burgess / Wired:
Job ads show Southeast Asian scam hubs are recruiting humans to make deepfake video calls to facilitate crypto and romance scams  —  Dozens of Telegram channels reviewed by WIRED include job listings for “AI face models.”  The (mostly) women who land these gigs are likely being used to dupe victims out of their money.