# Inside the Face Fraud Factory #Omnivore ## Colophon title:: Inside the Face Fraud Factory type:: [[clipped-note]] tags:: [[&omnivore]] Newsletter url:: https://www.404media.co/email/147afc56-c6ad-4aef-af36-0649e0fa4827/?attribution_id=669520fbaca26f000195cf3a&attribution_type=post&ref=daily-stories-newsletter archive:: https://omnivore.app/me/inside-the-face-fraud-factory-190b68a7a23 date:: [[2024-07-15]] ## Highlights tags:: > <mark class="omni omni-yellow">The videos, which 404 Media obtained by buying a set from an underground service, show one method for how fraudsters may bypass some know-your-customer or KYC checks, a vital step in money laundering or some other crimes. But the videos also represent a usually unseen and potentially exploited part of the fraudster ecosystem: people who sell their faces, which are then used to later commit fraud.</mark> [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/inside-the-face-fraud-factory-190b68a7a23#e62664ca-0a47-42d1-96e2-a219fef4ad7b) ^e62664ca Neither technology nor regulation can fix what sections of society are determined to break. [Read on Omnivore](https://omnivore.app/me/inside-the-face-fraud-factory-190b68a7a23) [Read Original](https://www.404media.co/email/147afc56-c6ad-4aef-af36-0649e0fa4827/?attribution_id=669520fbaca26f000195cf3a&attribution_type=post&ref=daily-stories-newsletter)