Luis Suárez Deepfake Used in Investment and Phishing Scam

# Luis Suárez Deepfake Used in Investment and Phishing Scam

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/luis-suarez-deepfake-used-in-investment-and-phishing-scam · AIR-2024-0045 · closed 2025-01-09

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2024-12-26
- AI role: AI-enabled attack
- Products: Instagram, Facebook, Threads

## Summary

Scammers circulated deepfake videos of footballer Luis Suárez across social media platforms to promote a fraudulent investment scheme. The campaign linked users to phishing sites impersonating official sources.

## What to do

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

## Latest updates

- 2024-12-26: Alleged Deepfake of Luis Suárez Used to Scam Uruguayans in Fake Investment Scheme (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/914)

## Sources

- 2024-12-26 AI Incident Database: Alleged Deepfake of Luis Suárez Used to Scam Uruguayans in Fake Investment Scheme https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/914

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