Fraudsters use neural networks to create fake rental advertisements

MOSCOW, June 19 - RIA Novosti. Fraudsters use neural networks to generate realistic photos of luxury apartments and publish them on housing rental websites, lawyer and retired internal service lieutenant colonel Elena Brown told RIA Novosti.

According to her, fraudulent schemes involving the rental of apartments, houses and hotels for the summer period, images of which were created by a neural network, are widespread.

“Using neural networks, scammers generate realistic photos of luxurious “ideal” apartments and post them on ad sites. To convince victims, they forge property documents. After the victim makes an advance payment for the “booking,” the scammers disappear,” the lawyer said.

The lawyer added that scammers also create images of fake hotels and tourist complexes using AI, and also post fake reviews written by chatbots.