Organizations that sold AI-made prayer receive at least 800 million won for two years
Oct 16, 2025
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They are accused of selling the so-called 「Miracle Prayer」 to Catholics for 50 reais (about 13,000 won) for two years, which means they can heal their illness or improve their lives by accessing them through phone calls and SNS. In the meantime, the organization is estimated to have collected at least 3 million reais (about 800 million won).
According to local media such as Estado, the organization operated a 'faith call center' in the Nilopolis area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, first delivering religious messages to victims, and then collecting personal information over the phone to provide a moving prayer written by AI.
Some victims were moved by the contents of the prayer and purchased several additional flights and voluntarily paid a larger amount of money.
Police believe they may have deceived at least hundreds to thousands of victims.
According to police, the head of the organization is called 'pastor', and he posted motivational messages on social media and lured people who wanted to receive 'miracle' or 'God's revelation'. Afterwards, call center employees committed fraud by calling the victim and selling 'life-saving prayer'.
Police explained that they were able to continue fraud for a long time by using evolving AI technology to create content tailored to each victim's situation.
Police are currently charging 35 suspects with fraud and criminal organization, and have asked them to report any related damage.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
