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title: "Apate.ai, Fraud Defense · Anti-Scam · Agent Fieldbook"
url: https://agentfieldbook.org/catalog/agents/apate/
description: "Deploys swarms of conversational decoy \"victims\" that engage scammers in real time: wasting their resources and harvesting live threat intelligence. A…"
section: "Catalogue · Agents · fraud"
source: Agent Fieldbook — generated from the published page
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# Apate.ai

**Fraud Defense · Anti-Scam · Confirmed**

Deploys swarms of conversational decoy "victims" that engage scammers in real time: wasting their resources and harvesting live threat intelligence. A Macquarie University Cyber Security Hub spin-out.

Verified against [apate.ai](https://www.apate.ai/)· 2026-06-16

- [apate.ai](https://www.apate.ai/)

## Spec sheet

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Foundation | Proprietary conversational AI (multilingual) |
| Topology | swarm |
| Type | agent |
| Deployment | cloud |
| Interface | voice· chat |
| Scale | Thousands of decoy bots daily· up to 54 min scammer engagement· CommBank deployment |
| Tools | Voice· SMS· WhatsApp / Telegram |
| Orchestration | Conversational decoy swarm |
| Country | AU |
| Verified | 2026-06-16 |

## Sources

- [commbank.com.au](https://www.commbank.com.au/articles/newsroom/2025/06/apate-ai.html)

## Verified against

- [https://www.apate.ai/](https://www.apate.ai/)

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