InvestigateTV+ Weekend: How deepfakes can clone your face and voice

(InvestigateTV) — This Week on InvestigateTV+ Weekend: Your face, voice and social media posts. Rachel DePompa shows us how scammers can turn all of it against you in seconds.

Plus, the same technology making fake videos easier to create is also making it easier to exploit children.

Deepfake scams infiltrate social media as voice cloning becomes easier

We look at how easy it’s become for scammers to hijack your face and voice — and why almost anyone with a social media profile could be at risk. National Consumer Investigator Rachel DePompa shows how AI “deep fakes” have moved far beyond silly viral clips and are now being used to impersonate real people in order to sell products, push political messages, and steal money.

The story features victims whose old YouTube and Instagram videos were scraped to create fake ads and scam accounts, including a Texas sheriff and a Virginia Youtuber whose likeness was used to sell life insurance without her consent.

We demonstrate just how quickly and cheaply realistic deepfake videos and voice clones can now be generated, sometimes from just three seconds of audio and why that’s a major security problem as banks and businesses still rely heavily on voice verification.

Reports of AI-generated child sexual abuse material surge

Cases of AI-generated child sexual abuse material, also known as CSAM, are skyrocketing.

Criminals are using the cutting-edge technology to make explicit images of children, sometimes created from innocent pictures.

Kristin Crowley investigates the growing threat, speaking with child abuse survivors-turned-advocates about what can be done to protect children. 

How online extremist content is reaching teens

A growing online threat is targeting children through platforms many families see as part of everyday life.

Investigators say this network preys on young people, pushing them from chats and games into coercion, extortion, and violence.

Nicole Crites examines how this group operates and what the FBI wants parents to know.

Fraudsters target dieters with fake weight loss drugs

A major New Year’s resolution is weight loss and getting in shape. and many people are turning to GLP-1 medications, prescription drugs used to treat Type 2 diabetes and, in some cases, support weight loss.

But scammers are also cashing in, using fake websites and phony offers to steal money and personal information.

In this Watching Your Wallet, Consumer Investigator Caresse Jackman shares tips on how you can avoid these weight loss schemes.