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Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Deepfake(?) Phishing, published by jefftk on October 21, 2022 on LessWrong. I think someone just tried to phish my Facebook account, including a fake video of a FB friend. Here's the conversation: Them, via FB Messenger, 9:32am: Please ,I was trying to login in my instagram page on Facebook my new phone and they ask me to find someone to help me receive a code, Facebook gave me two friends suggestions and you one of them, the other person isn't online. will you Help me receive the code please? Me: I'm sorry you're having trouble logging in! Just so I can make sure your account hasn't been hacked, how did we meet? Them: [Calls me over FB Messenger, audio isn't working but it does look like them. I'm completely convinced at this point.] Me: Audio wasn't working, but I did recognize youWhat do you need me to do? 32665, over SMS: NNNNNNNN is your Facebook password reset code [this number has previously sent me FB resets] Them: Send me the code sent to you minute ago Me: Hmm, those look like the code to reset the password to my account?Can we call again? Me: [I try to call them back, doesn't go through] Them: Nahh it's for my instagram Them: Having bad connections here Them: Send me the code ? Me: sorry, I'm still worried your account has been hacked -- can we do another call? Them: [Calls me over FB Messenger, audio is still not working, and the video feels slightly off. Ends quickly on their end. Possibly it's even the same video from last time?] Me: We're you able to hear me? Them: My connections I've reported their account as hacked. Things that made me suspicious: I don't think FB has any sort of account recovery that looks like this This is exactly what an attempt to hack my FB account would look like 9:30am, even though that makes it 6:30 where they live Video call didn't have any audio They couldn't receive incoming video calls Text did't feel like them, though I don't know them that well. Here's a screenshot I took during the second video call: Even with all those things, the video call would normally have been very convincing, and it did briefly convince me. I could easily see it fooling someone who didn't know about deepfake video. Comment via: facebook Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org.