Guides
Every guide to Deepfake fraud
Start with the main guides, then go deeper on the parts that apply to you.
Last reviewed against Building, Government Office for Science (UK Government) and The Register. Sources
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The main guides
Am I exposed?
A practical checklist for UK organisations to see which payments, resets and calls could be hijacked by a cloned voice or fake video call.
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How to stop it
An ordered plan to stop deepfake fraud: second-channel checks, call-backs, blame-free reporting, rehearsals and a ready response if money has moved.
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Timeline
A dated, sourced timeline of deepfake fraud for UK organisations, from the Arup video call case in 2024 to UK Finance's 2026 fraud figures.
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Questions
Sourced answers on deepfake fraud: how it works, the Arup case, how common it is, how to verify requests and what to do if money has been sent.
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About this site
Who runs Deepfake Fraud, why it exists and how its sourced account of deepfake fraud is kept accurate for UK organisations.
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Video call fraud
How a video meeting full of fake colleagues led to HK$200m being sent to criminals, what Arup and police said, and which checks would have intervened.
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Voice cloning
How criminals clone a voice to ask for urgent payments, what Report Fraud and Gartner say, and the call-back rules that defeat a convincing voice.
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Payment checks
How to design payment and bank detail checks so a cloned voice or fake video call cannot release money: who approves, what is confirmed and how.
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Spotting a fake
What to do when a call or video meeting seems off: the pressure signs that matter, why visual glitches are unreliable and what to ask instead.
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If money has gone
Practical steps for a UK organisation that has paid a criminal after a fake call or video meeting: bank, police, records, staff and review.
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Questions people ask
What is it?
What deepfake fraud is, how it differs from ordinary phishing and invoice fraud, and the forms it takes against UK organisations.
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How common?
How common deepfake fraud is: the government estimate of deepfakes shared, a Gartner survey, UK Finance totals and what none of them can tell you.
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Detection
Whether deepfakes can be reliably detected, what the UK government is testing, what experts doubt and why process controls matter more than tools.
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