WeChat Data Recovery for US Students After Deepfake Scams
When your friend on WeChat is actually a deepfake: why recovery matters You’re halfway through lunch in Shanghai or scrolling WeChat in a dorm room in Beijing when a video call pops up from someone you’ve known for years. They look right, they sound right — they call you by your nickname, they tell you an urgent money story, and you transfer funds before your brain catches up. That’s exactly what happened in a high-profile case reported late 2025: a tech director in Fuzhou got a live video call from a “friend,” watched and listened for ten minutes, and still ended up losing millions because the caller was an AI-driven deepfake that imitated face, expression, and voice in real time. ...