The first victim is Fabio Caressa. Scrolling through TikTok videos we found his image in a sponsored video. The account name is PiperSpin a gambling site is relaunched. The video is divided into two. In the above section you can see the images passing in front of the slot machine players. In the one below you can see it Fabio Caressadressed in a questionable t-shirt that picks up motifs from ancient Egypt similar to those of the slot machines at the top of the video.
His voice is coldmetallic, far from those that his audience has known in the commentary of football matches. Even his body language is different: he almost never blinks, his hands open and close symmetrically while his shoulders remain still. In the background, false, there is a series of SkySport and PiperSpin logos. In the message the fake Caressa illustrates all the offers available to enter the virtual casino. Obviously the advert is fake, but the casino is real.
Video analysis: where sponsorship comes from
Let’s start from the first point. The video does not simply appear as a content posted by users: was sponsored by TikTok and therefore managed to overcome the filters used by the platform to understand which contents comply with the policies and which do not. This alone could lead the viewer to believe that the image generated by artificial intelligence is really that of Fabio Caressa. A tactic that we have been describing on Fanpage since October 2023. We leave you our first article: How the international scam that exploits the faces of Fazio, Marcuzzi and Fagnani on Facebook works.
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At this point we tried to understand the origin of the video. From the sponsored clip it is not possible to access the profile from which it started. Curious choice for an advertising campaign. We find other profiles that talk about this casino but the username is slightly different: Piperspin instead of PiperSpin. The only account with the name @PiperSpin it’s a tiny profile from 6 followers who has only one video released in 2021.
PiperSpin instead as a virtual casino exists. Of course, at the moment the main access remains blocked in Italy even if there is a banner suggesting that you try to access with one VPN. Not only that. By searching for the same name on Google you enter a network of others mirror sites: finished portals, full of banners that once clicked lead to other online casino sites.
A scam like this, we remember, does not only harm the users who end up in it. It also damages the people whose faces and voices have been stolen. Users who see the video and then scroll further will end their social session thinking that Fabio Caressa supplements his television income with online casino advertisements.
