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WhatsApp video call from ‘friend’ turns out to be deep fake, man duped of money

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A 72-year-old man was duped of Rs 40,000 in a deep fake scam in Kerala’s Kozhikode on Sunday, July 9. The Cyber Crime Police, Kozhikode City, told TNM that a First Information Report has been registered as per a complaint filed by PS Radhakrishnan, a Kozhikode native who retired from Coal India Limi...

WhatsApp video call from ‘friend’ turns out to be deep fake, man duped of money

A 72-year-old man was duped of Rs 40,000 in a deep fake scam in Kerala’s Kozhikode on Sunday, July 9. The Cyber Crime Police, Kozhikode City, told TNM that a First Information Report has been registered as per a complaint filed by PS Radhakrishnan, a Kozhikode native who retired from Coal India Limited (CIL) 12 years ago. A case has been filed under section 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code and sections 66 C and D (identity theft and cheating by impersonation) of the Information Technology Act.

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