{
  "id": 845323,
  "title": "Social engineering, deep fakes and AI used in growing digital fraud",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/social-engineering-deep-fakes-and-ai-used-in-growing-digital-fraud",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-14T05:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Citizen",
    "slug": "the-citizen",
    "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/crime/social-engineering-deep-fakes-and-ai-used-in-growing-digital-fraud/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Credit card fraud social engineering starts scam before proceeds converted retail digital vouchers moved out of reach difficult to trace.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}