As many of our followers are aware, our primary focus is working with youth, although we also extend our support to adults as well. In our efforts to combat sextortion, we’ve assisted 302 teenagers and their parents, as well as 12 adults who have fallen prey to this crime. Last night marked the 13th adult case we’ve handled, which revealed a disturbing new trend confirming our earlier predictions on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to commit online crime.
In the recent incident, an adult male engaged in what he believed to be consensual, sexually explicit interactions with an individual posing as an adult female on a popular streaming platform. However, after the sexual acts had been completed, the female persona uncloaked to reveal two male “cappers,” who then extorted $2000.00 from him.
Some key insights gleaned from our conversation with the survivor of this crime include:
- During the sexual interaction, the entire communication occurred via text, as the cappers claimed their microphone was malfunctioning.
- The live AI-generated streaming video responded to “ALL” requests made via text, convincingly simulating a live interaction and not a recording.
- Ransom payment was made in cryptocurrency.
- The cappers accessed the survivor’s social media contacts and communicated with them via phone-based text messages, leveraging publicly available information on their social media platforms to apply more pressure to pay the ransom.
This represents our first documented instance of what we believe to be live “streaming” AI being employed in a sextortion scheme, underscoring the urgency of this posting. With AI advancements, it’s crucial to exercise extreme caution when engaging in any form of sexualized behavior with someone met online for the first time. WARNING, WARNING, WARNING!
This was a sophisticated sextortion, using some leading-edge technology and ransom payment procedure.
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The White Hatter
PS: For those who think “no way” – this type of technology was used earlier this month in a 25 million dollar online fraud https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/04/asia/deepfake-cfo-scam-hong-kong-intl-hnk/index.html#
