New Zealand Resident Defrauded Using Prime Minister Deepfake Video

# New Zealand Resident Defrauded Using Prime Minister Deepfake Video

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/new-zealand-resident-defrauded-using-prime-minister-deepfake · AIR-2024-0006 · closed 2024-07-29

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 4 (Confirmed real-world loss)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2024-07-15
- AI role: AI-enabled attack
- Products: Facebook

## Summary

Scammers utilized an AI-generated video of the New Zealand Prime Minister on Facebook to promote a fake cryptocurrency investment scheme. The victim lost substantial funds after scammers gained remote computer access.

## What to do

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

## Latest updates

- 2024-07-15: Taranaki, New Zealand Resident Allegedly Defrauded of $224K in Bitcoin Scam Using Deepfake of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/907)

## Sources

- 2024-07-15 AI Incident Database: Taranaki, New Zealand Resident Allegedly Defrauded of $224K in Bitcoin Scam Using Deepfake of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/907

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