Quantum AI Scams Use Deepfakes and Spoofed Sites for Investment Fraud
Quantum AI
Global investment scams utilized deepfake endorsements and spoofed media sites to solicit funds from victims. The campaign involved cloaked adtech infrastructure and fake trading platforms.
- first report
- 1 Jan 2020
- last update
- 1 Jan 2020
Timeline · 1
Sources · 1
Research and catalogues
- 2020-01-01Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit InvestmentsAI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1236
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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 1 Jan 2020 · first reported 1 Jan 2020
- origin
- AI Incident DatabaseDerived 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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# Quantum AI Scams Use Deepfakes and Spoofed Sites for Investment Fraud https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/quantum-ai-scams-use-deepfakes-and-spoofed-sites-for-investm · AIR-2020-0035 · closed 2020-01-15 - Lane: Breaches & attacks - Severity: 4 (Confirmed real-world loss) - Fix status: No fix needed - First reported: 2020-01-01 - AI role: AI-enabled attack - Products: Quantum AI ## Summary Global investment scams utilized deepfake endorsements and spoofed media sites to solicit funds from victims. The campaign involved cloaked adtech infrastructure and fake trading platforms. ## What to do No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory. ## Latest updates - 2020-01-01: Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1236) ## Sources - 2020-01-01 AI Incident Database: Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1236 Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.
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