That is a very complex type of scam or fraud that happens. It leverages people's need to make money or there's an opportunity. It then involves deepfake technology and what have you. One of the challenges is having a holistic approach to this. On one hand is prevention and awareness—trying to make sure people understand that these types of scams are out there and how to protect themselves. Then it's trying to disrupt these types of opportunities. There are ads out there. There are websites that advertise this. At the CAFC and working with our police partners, we try to disrupt those and get them taken down.
Then there is the investigative side. The role of our centre is often having that reporting coming to us from different victims. We can then connect the different linkages and work with different police partners to pursue the people behind it. Often it has international involvement because those behind it are operating in another country.
We have to have a holistic approach across a bunch of different avenues to tackle that.
