Switzerland – Bredemarket

Another Voice Deepfake Fraud Scam

This one’s in Schwyz, in Switzerland, which makes reading of the original story somewhat difficult. But we can safely say that “Eine unbekannte Täterschaft hat zur Täuschung künstliche Intelligenz eingesetzt und so mehrere Millionen Franken erbeutet” is NOT a good thing.

And that’s millions of Swiss francs, not millions of Al Frankens.

Millions of Al Frankens.

Luckily, someone at Biometric Update speaks German well enough to get the gist of the story.

“Deploying audio manipulated to sound like a trusted business partner, fraudsters bamboozled an entrepreneur from the canton of Schwyz into transferring “several million Swiss francs” to a bank account in Asia.”

And what do the canton police recommend? (Google Translated)

“Be wary of payment requests via telephone or voice message, even if the voice sounds familiar.”

For My European Readers: Entry-Exit in Switzerland

Europeans generally do not celebrate the U.S. Thanksgiving, unless they spent time in this country and like the food.

But for most Europeans this will be another Thursday. Actually it’s already Thursday in Europe. Good morning.

And Europe is also ahead of the U.S. in biometric entry AND exit. Just ask the Swiss.

“Switzerland’s busiest international hub, Zurich Airport is swept up in the EU-wide upgrade to how third-country nationals are registered at Schengen borders, with the rollout of the EU Entry/Exit System.”

More here.