How South-East Asia's pig butchering scammers are using artificial intelligence technology
The video shows a young Asian man with stubbly facial hair and blond tips sitting in a gaming chair in a messy bedroom. Their trademark is "Sha Zhu Pan"or "pig butchering" scams in which victims are contacted through social media or text messages, befriended or seduced and then lured into fake investment schemes — usually cryptocurrency. "By using artificial intelligence to create computer-generated images and voices that are virtually indistinguishable from real ones, scammers can execute social engineering scams with alarming success rates, exploiting people's trust and emotions," the organisation said. Mr Tana said the crime syndicates had made AI research and development a priority since "day one" and were willing to go to great lengths to get the most advanced technology. Mr Chandraiah said that the combination of generative AI producing text, images and video with translation would enable criminals to generate "bespoke content" that wasn't repetitive and increase their reach. "
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