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Though it's possible that instead of a deepfake it was just a recording, from the attacker calling the friend?



If that's the case, the attacker convinced the victim's friend to turn on their video for a call just to get the video to use as bait. That's still pretty sophisticated...


I think that happens by default if you accept a call on FB Messenger?




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