{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-11T07:23:15.246Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"fraud_attempt","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":1,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2026-kansai-fake-police-zoom-call-suspected-ai-deepfake-officer-face","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'「愛知県警生活安全課の佐藤」を名乗る人物が、電話に出た'; '３０歳代の女性に対し、事件の容疑者であると告げる。'; 'ビデオ通話は１時間に及び、女性は、操作を誤ったふりをして打ち切った。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'6月下旬の午前中のことだ。'; '「愛知県警生活安全課の佐藤と申します」'; 'スマホで会議に参加すると、眼鏡をかけたスーツ姿の男が画面越しに所属と名前を名乗り、警察手帳を見せてきた。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'関西圏に住む30代の女性のもとに不審な電話がかかってきたのは、6月のこと。'; '今回の事件に（女性）名義のキャッシュカードが関係していて、詐欺グループ事件に加担しているのではないかと容疑がかかっている。'; '男とのやり取りは1時間以上続き、しつこく個人情報を聞き出そうとしてくることに不信感を抱いた女性は、途中で電話を切りました。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"In June 2026 a woman in her thirties living in the Kansai region received a call from a man who said he was an officer of the Aichi Prefectural Police, told her a cash card in her name was linked to a fraud ring and that she was under suspicion, and had another self-described detective question her over a Zoom video call while showing a police notebook; the exchange lasted about an hour before she ended it.","causal_attribution":"The account is the woman's, given in separate interviews to Yomiuri, Asahi and FNN (one witness), and shown in the recording she made and gave to the Osaka police."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'途中から、自分が何かの事件の犯人であるような気持ちになった'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'家の中をビデオ通話のまま探すように指示された。'; '「相手は高圧的で、かなり焦った。詐欺かもしれないと分かっていても引き込まれてしまいそうになった」'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'反論させない空気感に持っていかれていた'; 'しつこく個人情報を聞き出そうとしてくる'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The woman said the caller's pressure made her flustered and drawn in, and that partway through she began to feel as if she were the culprit of a crime; she was told to search her home on the video call for her My Number card and was repeatedly asked for personal information.","causal_attribution":"Her own description of her experience, given to three outlets (one witness). No money or data loss is reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'府警が情報セキュリティー会社「トレンドマイクロ」に解析を依頼したところ、動画に映る「刑事部捜査２課の井上」は人工知能（ＡＩ）で顔を改変したディープフェイクの可能性があるとの結果が出た。府警は、詐欺グループのメンバーの顔が知られないように技術が悪用されたとみている。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'ディープフェイクの可能性が高いという=大阪府警提供'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'ビデオ通話で映し出された男は、生成AIを悪用して作り出されたAIの男で、実行役が全くの別人に成り済ましていた可能性があるというのです。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'このとき録画されたビデオ通話の映像を大阪府警察本部から依頼を受けた情報セキュリティー会社が分析したところ、生成AIを悪用して顔を作り'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"An analysis of the recording by the security company Trend Micro, requested by the Osaka Prefectural Police, found that the face of the self-described detective on the video call was possibly a deepfake altered with AI; the police believe the technology was misused to hide a fraud-ring member's face.","causal_attribution":"One origin: the Trend Micro analysis commissioned by the Osaka police, as relayed by the police and the outlets. It states a possibility, so AI involvement is suspected."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'大阪府警が８月１２日に公開した動画「実録！　ニセ警察詐欺の手口」'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'大阪府警は8月、ニセ警察官詐欺で使用された実際のビデオ通話の一部を公開しました'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The Osaka Prefectural Police published part of the recording on 12 August 2026 as a warning video about fake-police fraud.","causal_attribution":"Police publication reported by Yomiuri and FNN; the video itself was not inspected."}],"effects":[{"label":"questioned for about an hour by a fake police officer on a video call and pressed to search her home and give personal information","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/kansai/news/20261001-GYO1T00120/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ja","translation_note":"Read in Japanese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Yomiuri Shimbun Online (Kansai), 1 October 2026; full article read (HTTP 200). Interviews the woman and reports the Osaka police release and the Trend Micro analysis.","independence_group":"osaka-police-aug-2026-video-and-complainant-account"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASVB52VPPVB5PTIL00MM.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ja","translation_note":"Read in Japanese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Asahi Shimbun, 11 October 2026; the free portion was read (HTTP 200) and the final 716 characters, which carry the expert analysis, are paywalled and were not read. Interviews the same woman (September interview).","independence_group":"osaka-police-aug-2026-video-and-complainant-account"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.fnn.jp/articles/-/1114147","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ja","translation_note":"Read in Japanese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. FNN Prime Online, 14 September 2026; article text read (HTTP 200). Interviews the same woman and reports the police video and a verification supervised by Trend Micro.","independence_group":"osaka-police-aug-2026-video-and-complainant-account"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://news.web.nhk/newsweb/na/nd-20261007de56173","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ja","translation_note":"Read in Japanese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. NHK News, 8 October 2026 (JST); only the lead sentence was readable (HTTP 200; the rest sits behind NHK ONE's usage-confirmation page). Reports the analysis result.","independence_group":"osaka-police-aug-2026-video-and-complainant-account"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","privacy"],"unknowns":["Who made the call and from where; no arrest is reported.","Which tool, if any, altered the face; the analysis states a possibility and its full reasoning (in the paywalled part of the Asahi article) was not read.","Whether the woman's voice-call partner, the self-described Aichi officer, was also altered."],"geography":{"basis":"Asahi reports that the woman, who lives in the Kansai region, was working at home when the call came, and the Osaka Prefectural Police handled the recording; the call therefore reached her in Japan. Where the callers were is not stated. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["JP"],"affected_person_countries":["JP"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (communicated_with) at low severity with AI involvement suspected: the woman's own account describes an hour-long interrogation by a fake detective on Zoom and the pressure she felt, and an analysis requested by the Osaka police found the detective's face was possibly an AI-altered deepfake. No loss is reported. No person is named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-11"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The woman was questioned over Zoom by a man presented as a detective who showed a police notebook and pressed her to search her home and disclose personal information. An analysis of her recording by Trend Micro, requested by the Osaka Prefectural Police, found that this man's face was possibly a deepfake altered with AI (Yomiuri), and the police believe the technology was used to hide the caller's face. Asahi reports that this man was on camera for about 30 seconds, giving a unit and name and showing the notebook, before his camera went off, and that the demand for her My Number card and the instruction to search her home followed on the same call. The face-altered persona presented the detective who questioned her. The analysis states a possibility, the tool is not identified and the paywalled part of the Asahi article was not read, so the status is suspected.","status":"suspected"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Woman in Kansai questioned for about an hour by fake police on phone and Zoom; analysis for Osaka police found the detective's face possibly an AI deepfake","summary":"In June 2026 a woman in her thirties in Japan's Kansai region received a call from a man claiming to be an Aichi Prefectural Police officer, who said a cash card in her name was linked to a fraud ring and that she was a suspect. She was moved to a Zoom call where a second man, presented as a detective, showed a police notebook, questioned her and told her to search her home on camera for her My Number card. Suspecting fraud, she recorded the exchange and ended it after about an hour; she told reporters the pressure left her flustered and feeling like a culprit. The Osaka Prefectural Police published part of the recording in August, and an analysis it requested from Trend Micro found the detective's face was possibly a deepfake altered with AI (Yomiuri, Asahi, FNN, NHK). No loss is reported.","incidentDate":"2026-06-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-09-14","aiSystem":"Unidentified face-altering tool; an analysis by Trend Micro for the Osaka Prefectural Police found the detective's face on the video call was possibly an AI deepfake","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool (suspected)","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The woman says the hour-long interrogation left her flustered, feeling as if she were a culprit and close to being drawn in, and she was pressed to search her home on camera and give personal information (Yomiuri, Asahi, FNN). No loss is reported.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person counted: the woman who was questioned and reports the pressure she felt (Yomiuri, Asahi, FNN). The viewers of the police warning video are an audience and are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"JP","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"pending","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/kansai/news/20261001-GYO1T00120/","primarySourceLabel":"Yomiuri Shimbun Online, 1 October 2026: Osaka police release real fake-police fraud video showing the notebook","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-11T03:14:53.380483+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T03:14:53.380483+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","video_call","impersonation","fake_police","fraud_attempt","japan"]}]}