Deepfake Video Impersonates Thai Anchor and Executive in Investment Scam
Scammers used synthetic video and speech to impersonate a news anchor and corporate CEO in a fake investment clip. The video circulated on social media to lure viewers into financial fraud.
- first report
- 24 Jun 2025
- last update
- 24 Jun 2025
Timeline · 1
Sources · 1
Research and catalogues
- 2025-06-24Purported AI Deepfake Reportedly Impersonated Thai PBS World Anchor and Miss Universe CEO in Fraudulent Investment VideoAI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1254
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Classification
- AI role
- AI-enabled attack
- categories
- Deepfake fraud
- severity
- 3 · Confirmed exploitation
- targets
- Individuals
- owasp llm top 10
- no entry for these categories
- dates
- happened 24 Jun 2025 · first reported 24 Jun 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 Video Impersonates Thai Anchor and Executive in Investment Scam https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/deepfake-video-impersonates-thai-anchor-and-executive-in-inv · AIR-2025-0015 · closed 2025-07-08 - Lane: Breaches & attacks - Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation) - Fix status: No fix needed - First reported: 2025-06-24 - AI role: AI-enabled attack - Products: Facebook ## Summary Scammers used synthetic video and speech to impersonate a news anchor and corporate CEO in a fake investment clip. The video circulated on social media to lure viewers into financial fraud. ## What to do No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory. ## Latest updates - 2025-06-24: Purported AI Deepfake Reportedly Impersonated Thai PBS World Anchor and Miss Universe CEO in Fraudulent Investment Video (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1254) ## Sources - 2025-06-24 AI Incident Database: Purported AI Deepfake Reportedly Impersonated Thai PBS World Anchor and Miss Universe CEO in Fraudulent Investment Video https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1254 Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.
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