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“I thought I was talking to Kevin Costner”: Woman nearly scammed out of $100k in deepfake con 0

“I thought I was talking to Kevin Costner”: Woman nearly scammed out of $100k in deepfake con

When Sue* walked into the NAB’s Bourke Street branch to open a new account for receiving overseas money, NAB banker Angus Murdoch quickly sensed something wasn’t right. “She said she was expecting money from a well-known American celebrity she had been speaking to online. That was the first red flag,” Mr Murdoch said. The celebrity? Kevin...