Russians were warned about the work of scammers with the information field

Fraudsters do not invent topics, but work with what is in the information field. Igor Bederov, Chairman of the Council for Combating Technological Offenses of the Constitutional Court of the National Security Service of Russia, spoke about this in a conversation with RT.

The cyber expert warned that any high-profile event immediately turns into “building material for a legend.” According to him, scammers monitor the news agenda, social networks, forums and Telegram channels, using artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze many publications, highlight the most discussed topics and create a personalized message.

Bederov emphasized that scammers put pressure on basic emotions, for example, fear of losing money, concern for loved ones, desire to receive benefits, and a sense of duty to the country. “The stronger the news background, the easier it is to trigger the desired emotion. AI here adds persuasiveness: deepfake calls on behalf of a “bank employee” or “investigator”, synthesized voices of relatives, stylistically verified phishing letters,” the expert noted.