Europol Fraud Report 2024 warns that fraudsters are exploiting public IP data and AI tools to execute a multimillion-euro scam, deceiving rights holders with fake fees and forged documents

In a new situation report, Europol and the EUIPO find a sharp rise in cross-border intellectual property fraud, driven by scammers exploiting publicly accessible IP data and digital tools, including generative AI, to impersonate official bodies and issue fake payment requests…