Italian entrepreneurs got scammed by AI voice faking defense minister(lastampa.it)
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Italian entrepreneurs got scammed by AI voice faking defense minister
https://www.lastampa.it/cronaca/2025/02/08/news/truffa_crosetto_moratti_tronchetti_provera_della_valle_armani-14990370/
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TLDR: some scammers impersonating the difense minister got 1 or more entrepeneurs to send them big payments quickly. The public discourse is around the "normalcy" of private entrepeneurs about sending money to elected officials
The situation was a bit more complex: the "minister" asks help to transfer some money in an Hong Kong bank account to release some Italians detained somewhere. Also logos of Bank of Italy was used.
It was a really well architect fraud.
It was a really well architect fraud.
Corsetto is the defence minister, the quote is from FT.com
Not sure that the lesson was fully internalised.