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closedclosed 28 Jul 2025Breaches & attacks3 Confirmed exploitationAI

Deepfake Videos Impersonate Brunei Police in Investment Scam

TikTok, Facebook, Instagram

Scammers deployed AI-generated deepfake videos impersonating police officers across social media to promote a fraudulent investment scheme. Authorities issued public warnings regarding the financial scam.

first report
14 Jul 2025
last update
14 Jul 2025

Timeline · 1

  1. 14 Jul 2025Purportedly AI-Generated Videos Impersonate Brunei Police in 'Real Money Magic' Scam on Social Media

Sources · 1

Research and catalogues

  1. 2025-07-14

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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 14 Jul 2025 · first reported 14 Jul 2025
origin
AI Incident Database
Derived 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 Videos Impersonate Brunei Police in Investment Scam

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/deepfake-videos-impersonate-brunei-police-in-investment-scam · AIR-2025-0018 · closed 2025-07-28

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2025-07-14
- AI role: AI-enabled attack
- Products: TikTok, Facebook, Instagram

## Summary

Scammers deployed AI-generated deepfake videos impersonating police officers across social media to promote a fraudulent investment scheme. Authorities issued public warnings regarding the financial scam.

## What to do

No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory.

## Latest updates

- 2025-07-14: Purportedly AI-Generated Videos Impersonate Brunei Police in 'Real Money Magic' Scam on Social Media (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1147)

## Sources

- 2025-07-14 AI Incident Database: Purportedly AI-Generated Videos Impersonate Brunei Police in 'Real Money Magic' Scam on Social Media https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1147

Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.

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