Deepfake Videos Use AI Voice Clone of Singapore PM to Promote Scams
Scammers used AI-generated deepfake videos and voice clones of Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong to promote financial scams on social media. The Prime Minister issued a public warning urging citizens to avoid engaging with the fraudulent content.
- first report
- 7 Mar 2025
- last update
- 7 Mar 2025
Timeline · 1
Sources · 1
Research and catalogues
- 2025-03-07Deepfake Videos Allegedly Use AI-Generated Voice Clone of Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong to Promote ScamsAI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/984
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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 7 Mar 2025 · first reported 7 Mar 2025
- origin
- AI Incident DatabaseDerived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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- confidence 0.95 · created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z
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# Deepfake Videos Use AI Voice Clone of Singapore PM to Promote Scams https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/deepfake-videos-use-ai-voice-clone-of-singapore-pm-to-promot · AIR-2025-0173 · closed 2025-03-21 - Lane: Breaches & attacks - Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation) - Fix status: No fix needed - First reported: 2025-03-07 - AI role: AI-enabled attack ## Summary Scammers used AI-generated deepfake videos and voice clones of Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong to promote financial scams on social media. The Prime Minister issued a public warning urging citizens to avoid engaging with the fraudulent content. ## What to do No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory. ## Latest updates - 2025-03-07: Deepfake Videos Allegedly Use AI-Generated Voice Clone of Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong to Promote Scams (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/984) ## Sources - 2025-03-07 AI Incident Database: Deepfake Videos Allegedly Use AI-Generated Voice Clone of Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong to Promote Scams https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/984 Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.
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