Scammers using deepfake nude images to demand money from victims in Singapore


SINGAPORE: A few days after John (not his real name) connected with a woman on the dating app OkCupid, he received a message from a friend who said someone had sent him a photo purportedly of John in the nude.

John, 21, said he knew it was the woman he met on the dating app in June 2024.

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