Police warn of scammers cloning faces and voices with artificial intelligence
Police say scammers can copy the face and voice of a relative on video calls, and victims lost almost 390 million lei in the first eight months of 2026.
Written later, from the reports of that day.
What it means for you
If someone asks you for urgent money on a video call, call back the relative on the number you already have saved. Scammers can also fake the number shown on your phone, so do not rely on it alone. They ask for money at once and push you not to check.
What happened
Police in Moldova warn that scammers use artificial intelligence to imitate the face and voice of relatives during video calls. According to the police, no such scams have been recorded in Moldova so far. The method has already been used in Greece, Finland, Hong Kong, China and India.
In short
- Scammers need only a short video posted on a person's profile to copy their face and voice.
- In the first eight months of 2026, victims reported losses of almost 390 million lei.
- For the whole of 2025, fraud losses were over 270 million lei.
- In Hong Kong in 2024, an employee transferred about 25 million US dollars after a fake video conference.
- According to the police, scammers have started using Romanian as well as Russian.
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