Chinese netizens on alert over AI scam
中国网民对人工智能骗局保持警惕
Avoiding scams using artificial intelligence (AI) has become a heated discussion topic on Sina Weibo.
防止利用人工智能（AI）诈骗已经成为微博上的一个热议话题。
A victim surnamed Guo, who owns a technology company in Fuzhou, East China‘s Fujian province, was cheated out of 4.3 million yuan ($611,000) in 10 minutes, according to police.
据警方称，受害人郭先生是福州市某科技公司法人代表，10分钟内被骗430万人民币（合61.1万美元）。
The scammer made a WeChat video call to Guo, using AI technology to make him look like Guo’s friend.
骗子用人工智能技术给郭先生打了一个微信视频电话，让他看起来像郭在现实生活中的朋友。
During the video call, the scammer convinced Guo that he needed Guo’s corporate account to pay 4.3 million yuan in deposits for bidding on a project.
在视频通话中，骗子说服郭先生，他需要郭先生的公司账户来支付430万元的项目投标保证金。
The scammer asked for Guo’s bank card number, claimed that he already transferred 4.3 million yuan into Guo’s account, and sent a screenshot of the bank transfer receipt to Guo via WeChat.
诈骗者索要郭先生的银行卡号码，声称他已经向郭先生的账户转账了430万元，并通过微信向郭发送了一张银行转账收据的截图。
Trusting his friend, Guo transferred 4.3 million yuan to the scammer in two payments, without verifying whether the money had arrived.
郭先生信任他的朋友，在没有核实钱是否到账的情况下，分两次向骗子转账430万元。
“I received the video call. I verified the face and the voice. So I let my guard down,” Guo said.
“当时是给我打了视频的，我在视频中也确认了面孔和声音，所以才放松了戒备，” 郭先生说。
After receiving the report, police in Fuzhou and Baotou quickly blocked the transaction and successfully stopped the transfer of 3.36 million yuan. However, the rest was transferred and is now the subject of retrieval efforts.
接到报警后，福州、包头两地警银迅速启动止付机制，成功止付拦截336.84万元，然而，其余的已被转移，现在正在进行检索工作。
The case has triggered heated discussion on staying alert from AI scams on China’s social media.
这起案件在社交媒体上引发了关于警惕人工智能诈骗的热烈讨论。
As of Monday, the topic on how to prevent AI scams was viewed 170 million times and generated 9,579 discussions.
截至29日，关于如何防止人工智能诈骗的话题的浏览量达到了1.7亿次，引发了9579次讨论。
On April 11, the Cyberspace Administration of China sought public feedback on a draft of management measures for generative AI services, which attracted much attention on the authenticity of the content and the security of training data.
今年，4月11日，国家网信办起草了《生成式人工智能服务管理办法（征求意见稿）》，向社会公开征求意见。该办法对内容的真实性和训练数据的安全性给予了高度关注。
