Key facts
- A cybercrime expert warns that Asia faces an 'epidemic' threat from scams.
- Criminal gangs are reportedly using agentic AI to perpetrate these scams.
- The AI enables the creation of highly convincing fraudulent content.
- These advanced scams are becoming increasingly difficult to detect.
Asia is facing a growing threat from sophisticated scams that leverage artificial intelligence, according to a cybercrime expert. The warning highlights that criminal gangs are exploiting agentic AI to create highly convincing fraudulent content, making these scams increasingly difficult to detect and potentially leading to an 'epidemic' of fraud across the region.