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Purported Deepfake Featuring Dr. Rinki Murphy Used in Diabetes Scam

Scammers used AI-generated deepfake videos of medical experts to promote a fake diabetes cure on social media. The scheme deceived individuals into stopping prescribed medications.

first report
30 Apr 2025
last update
30 Apr 2025

Timeline · 1

  1. 30 Apr 2025Purported Deepfake Featuring Dr. Rinki Murphy and Jack Tame Reportedly Used to Promote Diabetes Scam in New Zealand

Sources · 1

Research and catalogues

  1. 2025-04-30

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Classification

AI role
AI-enabled attack
categories
Deepfake fraud
severity
4 · Confirmed real-world loss
targets
Individuals
owasp llm top 10
no entry for these categories
dates
happened 30 Apr 2025 · first reported 30 Apr 2025
origin
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record
confidence 0.85 · created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z

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# Purported Deepfake Featuring Dr. Rinki Murphy Used in Diabetes Scam

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/purported-deepfake-featuring-dr-rinki-murphy-used-in-diabete · AIR-2025-0116 · closed 2025-05-14

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 4 (Confirmed real-world loss)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2025-04-30
- AI role: AI-enabled attack

## Summary

Scammers used AI-generated deepfake videos of medical experts to promote a fake diabetes cure on social media. The scheme deceived individuals into stopping prescribed medications.

## What to do

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

## Latest updates

- 2025-04-30: Purported Deepfake Featuring Dr. Rinki Murphy and Jack Tame Reportedly Used to Promote Diabetes Scam in New Zealand (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1102)

## Sources

- 2025-04-30 AI Incident Database: Purported Deepfake Featuring Dr. Rinki Murphy and Jack Tame Reportedly Used to Promote Diabetes Scam in New Zealand https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1102

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

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