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Deepfake technology used as West Australians scammed out of millions of dollars

www.abc.net.auEnglishObserved 2024-08-28
Included for relevance; source claims are not independently verified. This record is based on saved titles and descriptions unless a separate deeper-reading assessment is explicitly shown. Observation dates are not incident dates. An arrest or charge is not a conviction.

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Own WA millions-loss/AIvideo-call warning source series. AIclaim nottechnicalproof/everycaseAI/independent incidence; no exact1.4m/two victims from otherURL.

Evidence basis: saved title description

Places in the available evidence

No geographic role could be established from the available text.

Unlisted locations remain unknown. Nationality, language and web address alone do not establish where a scam happened.

Current source qualifications

These attributed statements apply to their specified subjects and scope. They do not establish guilt, a whole-article denial, or an unstated outcome.

source specific current qualifications

field
desc
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Own WA millions-loss/AIvideo-call warning source series. AIclaim nottechnicalproof/everycaseAI/independent incidence; no exact1.4m/two victims from otherURL.
subject
Aug26_unit_21
reported outcome
own_source_limits
is entire code dimension denial
false
Source statement flags
source truth verified
false

Reported developments

These attributed statements apply to their specified subjects and scope. They do not establish guilt, a whole-article denial, or an unstated outcome.

development assertions

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reported_development
basis
explicit
field
development
scope
article
value
reported_loss
reason
Coarse article-level tag from contextual coding. Consult the coding record for stage, actor, allegation and mixed-fraud scope. Source claims are neither independently verified nor additive.
Source statement flagsNo listed value

development assertions

role
reported_development
basis
explicit
field
development
scope
article
value
warning
reason
Coarse article-level tag from contextual coding. Consult the coding record for stage, actor, allegation and mixed-fraud scope. Source claims are neither independently verified nor additive.
Source statement flagsNo listed value

development assertions

role
reported_development
basis
explicit
field
development
scope
article
value
research_statistics
reason
Coarse article-level tag from contextual coding. Consult the coding record for stage, actor, allegation and mixed-fraud scope. Source claims are neither independently verified nor additive.
Source statement flagsNo listed value
Current annotation provenance

The base reviewed revision is preserved. Current source bindings and approved qualifications are attached for this release.

base version key
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current source binding
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decision id
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document id
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hash domain
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enrichment id
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finding evidence sha256
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enrichment payload sha256
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approved delta ids
No listed value
provenance
Item 1
json pointer
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annotation key
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Themes reported in the text

These labels describe the available reporting. “Not reported” does not mean a harm did not happen. A theme's stage applies to that statement, not every claim in the article.

Financial and property harm

unspecifiedallegationStage: completed
Interpretation details
Scope
multiple cases
Person or institution described
targeted person
Link to romance fraud
explicit
Causal claim
not established

Technical facilitation

ai synthetic mediaallegationStage: completed
Interpretation details
Scope
multiple cases
Person or institution described
alleged offender
Link to romance fraud
explicit
Causal claim
not established

Help, reporting and prevention

warninggeneral warningStage: not applicable
Interpretation details
Scope
general
Person or institution described
unspecified
Link to romance fraud
explicit
Causal claim
not established
All 24 assessed themes
ThemeAssessment
Blame, stigma and responsibility framingnot reported in available text
Homicide and lethal violencenot reported in available text
Disruption of daily lifenot reported in available text
Financial and property harmreported in available text
Suicide and self-harmnot reported in available text
Family and social harmnot reported in available text
Protection or recovery of assetsnot reported in available text
Policy and regulatory responsenot reported in available text
Justice proceedings and outcomesnot reported in available text
Coercion and exploitationnot reported in available text
Psychological distressinsufficient context
Blackmail and extortionnot reported in available text
Help, reporting and preventionreported in available text
Physical or sexual harmnot reported in available text
Investment pretextnot reported in available text
Technical facilitationreported in available text
Investigation and operational responsenot reported in available text
Organization and division of labornot reported in available text
Relationship-based deceptionnot reported in available text
Involvement in other offendingnot reported in available text
Continued or renewed targetingnot reported in available text
Prior circumstances and claimed vulnerabilitynot reported in available text
Institutional barriers or harmful responsenot reported in available text
Moving money for a schemenot reported in available text

Connected reporting

Only direct reviewed connections are shown. Shared wording is weaker evidence than a supported case connection. A connection through a third article does not establish that two reports concern the same case.

No direct connection is recorded. This does not establish that the story is unique.

Research provenance

1 saved revision. Corrections preserve earlier versions.

A page can change after it first appears. Observation dates record when its URL was seen; they do not prove that the wording assessed here was present on every date.

Record: 50b9b701f1131f2b3951a54edefda2eecff7ce1056794d16d7d006345ab88737
Decision: ac8466df453ab066b974ff4ecbf05c02d8e286444f2c0319c111ef85ca55f6fa
Base reviewed revision: 7e40b596f8154849fd5cfe85085ec3937e3365e44b665c32fe104ccc09e3564e

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