AI deepfake scam steals voice and images of top Taiwanese farmer

AI deepfake scam steals voice and images of top Taiwanese farmer

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Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners for centuries have used the plant astragalus. Now it is the subject of an AI deepfake scam. An online ad falsely claimed that one of Taiwan’s top farmers in Yunlin had created a concoction of black beans and astragalus to lower blood pressure, illegally using his voice and image. In fact, Yunlin County has seen many farmers’ voices and images illegally appropriated and used in advertising scams. Let’s find out more.

This social media video claims to be from a black bean farmer in Yunlin who has developed a black bean with astragalus blend. The video sounds very convincing, but it is actually a fraudulent advertisement. The voice and image being used in the scam is that of Chi Shen-chieh, one of Taiwan’s Top 100 young farmers.

Chi Shen-chieh
Top 100 young farmers
I myself am a victim. I grow soybeans, and one day a friend said to me: Have you invented a new product that can lower blood pressure and blood lipids, something like astragalus and black beans? I replied: There’s no such thing!

Images and audio were all used fraudulently, and many supporters were actually deceived into placing orders. In recent years, with the rapid development of AI, many local farmers’ associations and farmers in Yunlin County have seen their names stolen and published in ads on one-single-page landing websites that sell agricultural products of unknown origin.

Chi Shen-chieh
Top 100 young farmers
We’re in the AI era now, and making these kinds of things is even easier, so these kinds of phenomena will definitely pop up more and more, and more consumers will be scammed. Therefore, I think we really need to find a way to solve this problem.

To curb fraud, the Yunlin County Government has introduced an AI-based anti-fraud system, using AI to combat AI-powered scams.

Yang Chih-sheng
Yunlin County Police Bureau
By establishing a fraud prevention workflow that integrates AI-driven detection, risk analysis, police review, platform notification, and rapid takedown, we are shifting from a reactive model reliant on victim reports to proactively blocking fraudulent ads before the public ever sees them.

Since launching in June, the AI anti-fraud system detected over 400 high-risk ads and more than 100 suspicious fan pages through the end of July, successfully taking them down within 24 hours to stem the spread of digital fraud.

#AIdeepfakes #AIscams #YunlinCounty #Taiwanfarmers #Taiwanscams

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百大青農"聲音影像"遭盜用雲林導入AI防詐系統阻詐

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近年AI快速發展，遭不肖人士使用，雲林縣有不少農民和農會，聲音照片遭盜用，用來販售來路不明商品，雲林縣府導入AI防詐系統，透過人工智慧主動偵測高風險廣告，再由警方進行複核，用AI對抗AI阻詐

社群影片，自稱是雲林黑豆農，研究出黃耆黑豆，說的煞有其事，但其實是詐騙廣告，聲音和影像造到冒用的，就是這位，百大青農紀紳傑。

[[百大青農紀紳傑]]
“像我本身自己也是受害者，我本身是種大豆，忽然有一天我朋友說，你有發明一款新的，可以降血壓，降血脂的，什麼黃耆黑豆，我說哪有這種東西”

影像聲音通通遭冒用，不少支持者真的受騙上當下單。近年AI迅速發展，雲林縣有不少地方農會和農民，名義遭盜用，刊登一頁式廣告，販售來路不明農產品。

[[百大青農紀紳傑]]
“現在是AI時代，做這種東西又更方便，所以這種現象一定會更層出不窮，也會有更多消費者會受到欺騙，所以我覺得這種真的是，要想辦法把它解決”

遏止詐騙亂象，雲林縣府導入AI防詐系統，用AI對抗AI阻詐。

[[雲林縣警局刑大副大隊長楊志盛]]
“建立AI主動偵測，風險分析，警方複核，平台通報，以及快速下架的防詐流程，讓防詐工作從過去的受害者認辦，提前到民眾接觸詐騙廣告之前，就先行阻斷”

AI防詐系統從六月上線，截止七月底，已經偵測超過400則高風險廣告，破百個可疑粉絲專業，在24小時內下架，要遏止詐騙歪風。

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