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Bogdan Botezatu

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
434 total appearances

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StarTalk Radio
Deepfakes and the War on Truth with Bogdan Botezatu

People employed in these call centers are screened before employment with lie detectors to make sure that they're not undercover cops, to make sure that they will not betray the call center's cause, and so on.

StarTalk Radio
Deepfakes and the War on Truth with Bogdan Botezatu

So this is cybercrime incorporated.

StarTalk Radio
Deepfakes and the War on Truth with Bogdan Botezatu

It's not a scam business ran out of somebody's basement.

StarTalk Radio
Deepfakes and the War on Truth with Bogdan Botezatu

It's

StarTalk Radio
Deepfakes and the War on Truth with Bogdan Botezatu

business that cyber criminals have invested money in order to make more money.

StarTalk Radio
Deepfakes and the War on Truth with Bogdan Botezatu

No, in the end, everybody's welcome to put their money on the table and leave it there.

StarTalk Radio
Deepfakes and the War on Truth with Bogdan Botezatu

That's perfectly fine with cyber criminals, but they have various approaches because they don't have a scamming syndicate yet, right?

StarTalk Radio
Deepfakes and the War on Truth with Bogdan Botezatu

They're not unionized in a way that would allow them to organize in order to target demographics.

StarTalk Radio
Deepfakes and the War on Truth with Bogdan Botezatu

right?

StarTalk Radio
Deepfakes and the War on Truth with Bogdan Botezatu

So what they will do is find out a local scam that converts well, that depends where you are, right?

StarTalk Radio
Deepfakes and the War on Truth with Bogdan Botezatu

In some places of the world, for instance, leaking out your social security number is huge, right?

StarTalk Radio
Deepfakes and the War on Truth with Bogdan Botezatu

And will bring you a lot of hurt in the foreseeable future.

StarTalk Radio
Deepfakes and the War on Truth with Bogdan Botezatu

In Europe, for instance, some parts of Europe, leaking out your social security number doesn't have any value.

StarTalk Radio
Deepfakes and the War on Truth with Bogdan Botezatu

It's pseudo-publico.

StarTalk Radio
Deepfakes and the War on Truth with Bogdan Botezatu

actually.

StarTalk Radio
Deepfakes and the War on Truth with Bogdan Botezatu

So cyber criminals are looking for information or types of scams that convert well in the region.

StarTalk Radio
Deepfakes and the War on Truth with Bogdan Botezatu

They don't target demographics, but they are focusing on specific aspects.

StarTalk Radio
Deepfakes and the War on Truth with Bogdan Botezatu

Some of them are focused on romance scams, for instance.

StarTalk Radio
Deepfakes and the War on Truth with Bogdan Botezatu

They will target men more than women because it looks like men are much more horny and desperate and lonely.

StarTalk Radio
Deepfakes and the War on Truth with Bogdan Botezatu

No, careless when it comes to sharing information with partners, right?