Deepfake Investment Scam Featuring Prominent Figures Causes Financial Loss
Telegram
Fraudsters circulated synthetic videos of Donald Trump, Brian Moynihan, and Elon Musk on Telegram to market a fake investment scheme. At least one victim lost thousands of dollars after being deceived into purchasing non-redeemable coins.
- first report
- 1 Feb 2025
- last update
- 1 Feb 2025
Timeline · 1
Sources · 1
Research and catalogues
- 2025-02-01Alleged Deepfake Scam Reportedly Promoted Trump Golden Eagles Project as Investment OpportunityAI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/920
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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 1 Feb 2025 · first reported 1 Feb 2025
- origin
- AI Incident DatabaseDerived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- record
- confidence 0.90 · created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z
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# Deepfake Investment Scam Featuring Prominent Figures Causes Financial Loss https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/deepfake-investment-scam-featuring-prominent-figures-causes · AIR-2025-0179 · closed 2025-02-15 - Lane: Breaches & attacks - Severity: 4 (Confirmed real-world loss) - Fix status: No fix needed - First reported: 2025-02-01 - AI role: AI-enabled attack - Products: Telegram ## Summary Fraudsters circulated synthetic videos of Donald Trump, Brian Moynihan, and Elon Musk on Telegram to market a fake investment scheme. At least one victim lost thousands of dollars after being deceived into purchasing non-redeemable coins. ## What to do No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory. ## Latest updates - 2025-02-01: Alleged Deepfake Scam Reportedly Promoted Trump Golden Eagles Project as Investment Opportunity (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/920) ## Sources - 2025-02-01 AI Incident Database: Alleged Deepfake Scam Reportedly Promoted Trump Golden Eagles Project as Investment Opportunity https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/920 Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.
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