Deepfake Elton John Video Used in Online Store Investment Scam
Deepfake video generator
An Ohio man lost funds after being lured by a deepfake video impersonating Elton John into a fraudulent online store scheme. Accumulated credit card charges resulted in financial loss.
- first report
- 23 Oct 2025
- last update
- 23 Oct 2025
Timeline · 1
Sources · 1
Research and catalogues
- 2025-10-23Purported Deepfake Video Impersonating Elton John Reportedly Induced Northeast Ohio Man to Authorize $20,000 in Scam ChargesAI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1384
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Classification
- AI role
- AI-enabled attack
- categories
- Deepfake fraud
- severity
- 4 · Confirmed real-world loss
- targets
- Individuals
- owasp llm top 10
- no entry for these categories
- dates
- happened 23 Oct 2025 · first reported 23 Oct 2025
- origin
- AI Incident DatabaseDerived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- record
- confidence 0.85 · created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z
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# Deepfake Elton John Video Used in Online Store Investment Scam https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/deepfake-elton-john-video-used-in-online-store-investment-sc · AIR-2025-0080 · closed 2025-11-06 - Lane: Breaches & attacks - Severity: 4 (Confirmed real-world loss) - Fix status: No fix needed - First reported: 2025-10-23 - AI role: AI-enabled attack - Products: Deepfake video generator ## Summary An Ohio man lost funds after being lured by a deepfake video impersonating Elton John into a fraudulent online store scheme. Accumulated credit card charges resulted in financial loss. ## What to do No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory. ## Latest updates - 2025-10-23: Purported Deepfake Video Impersonating Elton John Reportedly Induced Northeast Ohio Man to Authorize $20,000 in Scam Charges (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1384) ## Sources - 2025-10-23 AI Incident Database: Purported Deepfake Video Impersonating Elton John Reportedly Induced Northeast Ohio Man to Authorize $20,000 in Scam Charges https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1384 Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.
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