Cases of deepfakes were also recorded in Amazonas. Freepik In Amazonas, reports of cybercrimes jumped from 438 to 18,904, between 2017 and 2025. The data is from the Amazonas Public Security Yearbook released this year. For experts, easy digital access and the growth in the use of artificial intelligence have influenced scams. In this week's Fantástico, actress Paolla Oliveira denounced the flood of daily manipulated images in which her own face is used with other people's bodies or montages on the internet. The mobilization encouraged other women to also report the abuse they suffer. In Amazonas, cases of deepfakes were also recorded. In 2023, influencer Ruivinha de Marte used social media to report fake nudes using her face, which were being publicized and even sold on the internet. According to the influencer, the criminals created montages using her face on another person's body. ? Join the g1 AM channel on WhatsApp ? Deepfake is a video, audio or image created or altered with artificial intelligence to make a person appear to say or do something that never happened. This type of content can be used for entertainment, but also to spread false information and scams. War on deepfake: Paolla Oliveira exposes the violence that affects women and girls Cases also happen to people who are not famous, Amazonian Luna Nikolas was 25 years old when she suffered this type of blow. Today, at 30 years old, she remembers the case. "My friends saw it first and showed me the montages. They keep defaming the person on the site. They wrote a lot of horrible things. I even tried to take down the account, but I couldn't. They tried to extort me by asking for money to take it offline, but I let it go", he recalled. Increase in cyber crimes in Amazonas Data from the Amazonas Public Security Secretariat shows a continuous growth in cyber crimes in the state over the last few years. In 2017, 435 incidents were recorded. This number increased to 1,369 in 2018 and continued to increase until 2025. In eight years, the total number of occurrences increased approximately 43 times. See the graph below: Among the modalities analyzed, embezzlement is the crime with the highest number of records and also one of the main responsible for the growth of the historical series. Cases rose from just 11 in 2017 to 6,925 in 2025. In the last year analyzed, there was an increase of 14.7% compared to 2024, when 6,035 records were recorded. The occurrences of computer device hacking also showed growth over the period, rising from eight cases in 2017 to 1,952 in 2025. Despite this, the increase recorded between 2024 and 2025 was 3.8%, indicating greater stability compared to previous years. Threat records by electronic means made significant progress in 2025. The number of occurrences increased from 1,496 to 2,116 in one year, which represents an increase of 41.4%, the highest percentage of growth among the modalities analyzed in the most recent period. Access to artificial intelligence boosts cases For the specialist in digital law in the Amazon, Aldo Evangelista, the digital transformation of the last decade has meant that more and more people have access to tools such as artificial intelligence, which also impacts the number of scams. "This growth is the result of the combination of several factors at the same time. There are more crimes, more victims, more records of occurrences and a greater capacity of the authorities to identify and classify these offenses as digital crimes. It is not just about more criminals. It is about an increasingly digital society, more specialized criminals, greater awareness among victims and a better capacity of the State to record and investigate these digital crimes", explains Aldo. Although economically active adults account for a large proportion of the cases, Aldo Evangelista emphasizes that no one is immune to scams. "Currently, any connected person can be a victim, regardless of age or level of education. Adults tend to be more targeted because they move more money and use banking applications and PIX intensively. Young people are also frequent targets of fraud involving social networks, electronic games, false investment opportunities and hacking of digital accounts", he adds. UNDERSTAND: What is deepfake and how it is used to distort reality READ ALSO: AM public defenders transform into Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise for campaign against AI scams How to report To report cases of cybercrime, the victim can register a police report online at the Ministry of Justice's Virtual Police Station or anonymously via hotline 181, which operates 24 hours a day. To g1, the lawyer specializing in digital law, Fernando Filho, advises that the first measure to be taken by the victim is to gather all the evidence. "Copy the link of the publication, take printouts, record the screen when possible and keep the conversations saved. Then, register a police report at the Virtual Police Station. Anyone who has suffered financial loss must also immediately notify the bank and keep all service protocols. If the victim's image was used in scams or deepfakes, it is essential to request the removal of the content from the platforms and, if necessary, seek legal assistance to adopt the appropriate legal measures", he advises.