Imagine you have been looking for a friend or loved one that has been missing. You’ve posted photos of them online and desperately want to find them. You are heartbroken.

In the midst of it all, a scammer on the other side of the world is stalking social media, looking for a desperate person just like you. They find that photo and make a deepfake clone of the missing person and contact you as them, claiming they are kidnapped and to please help them by sending money.

Check out the video below, posted by Yahoo Boi for “educational purposes,” of course.