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Spanish police arrest six over $20M AI-powered investment scam

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The authorities in Spain arrested six people who helped operate a global fraud operating in Amnesty International, which stole more than $ 20 million from at least 208 victims.

The fraudsters were deceiving the victims until three times. After stealing an initial amount through the investment fraud process, the fraudsters called the victims twice, and they denied as investment managers and then as authorities, and they offered the recovery of stolen money for a fee, Spanish police He said In April 7 statement.

The fraudsters used DeepFake ads from “national personalities” promising high returns on encryption investments, and they will sometimes be formed as financial advisers or even romantic interest in the temptation of victims.

Experts have warned of a rise in improved fraud of artificial intelligence. The Blockchain Analysis Company said on February 13, on February 13, the revenue of the 2024 coding fraud that the obstetric intelligence makes “fraud operations are more able to develop and at reasonable prices for bad actors to conduct.”

The Spanish police said: “The victims were not chosen randomly, instead, the algorithms chose those whose features match with Internet criminals.”

“Once chosen their victims, they put advertising campaigns on web sites or social networks they used, providing them with investments in the encrypted currency with high returns and the risk of asset loss – it is clear that it was investments that were a fraud.”

When the victims were unable to withdraw money, most of them realized that it was a fraud, according to the Spanish police; However, the trick did not end there.

The fraudsters were deceiving the victims again with follow -up.

Then the Internet criminals will contact the victims again, demonstrators as investment managers, claiming that stolen money has been frozen and can be recovered if they pay a deposit.

The Spanish police said: “The victims, in the hope of finally recovering their money, were deposited without realizing that they had been deceived again,” the Spanish police said.

After that, the fraudsters will call the victims for the third time, and this time they demonstrate as agents or lawyers from the United Kingdom from the United Kingdom, and offer the restoration of stolen money if the victim pays the corresponding taxes in the country where it was banned.

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The Spanish authorities arrested six people involved in the union, accusing them of fraud, money laundering and forgery of documents in a criminal organization.

During a raid on the alleged leader behind the fraud, the Spanish authorities have seized many mobile phones, computers, solid engines, a simulator and large -scale documents.

Many people associated with conspiracy were also identified in other countries, and he claimed that the union has created a large number of fake companies to direct stolen money.

The Spanish police said: “Moreover, the organization's members used multiple false identities. In the case of the leader, for example, I used more than 50 different identity.”

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