Deepfake of Jason Momoa Used to Defraud British Widow of $600,000
Scammers used AI-generated deepfake videos impersonating actor Jason Momoa to execute an elaborate romance fraud. The victim sold her home and lost over $600,000 to the perpetrators.
- first report
- 29 Nov 2025
- last update
- 29 Nov 2025
Timeline · 1
Sources · 1
Research and catalogues
- 2025-11-29Purportedly AI-Generated Jason Momoa Deepfake Used in Romance Scam Reportedly Defrauding British Widow of $600,000AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1285
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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 29 Nov 2025 · first reported 29 Nov 2025
- origin
- AI Incident DatabaseDerived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- record
- confidence 0.95 · created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z
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# Deepfake of Jason Momoa Used to Defraud British Widow of $600,000 https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/deepfake-of-jason-momoa-used-to-defraud-british-widow-of-600 · AIR-2025-0190 · closed 2025-12-13 - Lane: Breaches & attacks - Severity: 4 (Confirmed real-world loss) - Fix status: No fix needed - First reported: 2025-11-29 - AI role: AI-enabled attack ## Summary Scammers used AI-generated deepfake videos impersonating actor Jason Momoa to execute an elaborate romance fraud. The victim sold her home and lost over $600,000 to the perpetrators. ## What to do No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory. ## Latest updates - 2025-11-29: Purportedly AI-Generated Jason Momoa Deepfake Used in Romance Scam Reportedly Defrauding British Widow of $600,000 (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1285) ## Sources - 2025-11-29 AI Incident Database: Purportedly AI-Generated Jason Momoa Deepfake Used in Romance Scam Reportedly Defrauding British Widow of $600,000 https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1285 Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.
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