# Operation "False Witness": Fake recovery service impersonating authorities

DevFeed: [Operation "False Witness": Fake recovery service impersonating authorities](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/operation-false-witness-fake-recovery-service-impersonating-authorities-41320.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://openai.com/index/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-ai-false-witness>)

Published: 2026-02-01T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [OpenAI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/openai-news.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>), [Messaging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/messaging.md>), [Website](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/website.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [case-study](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/case-study.md>), [crime](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/crime.md>), [financial](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/financial.md>), [fraud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fraud.md>), [law](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/law.md>), [messaging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/messaging.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [reporting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reporting.md>), [safety](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/safety.md>), [scam](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scam.md>), [social-media](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/social-media.md>), [telegram](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/telegram.md>)

## AI overview

OpenAI banned a cluster of ChatGPT accounts that very likely originated in Cambodia and were used in a recovery scam targeting fraud victims. The operation used AI to create content for fake law firms, impersonate attorneys and authorities, build trust, and solicit money through fraudulent recovery services.

## Source excerpt

OpenAI banned accounts that very likely originated in Cambodia and used AI to pose as recovery services, law firms, and authorities targeting people affected by fraud.