Tbilisi Call Center Uses AI-Driven Scripts and Deepfakes in $35M Scam

# Tbilisi Call Center Uses AI-Driven Scripts and Deepfakes in $35M Scam

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/tbilisi-call-center-uses-ai-driven-scripts-and-deepfakes-in · AIR-2025-0005 · closed 2025-03-19

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 4 (Confirmed real-world loss)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2025-03-05
- AI role: AI-enabled attack
- Products: AI Scripting Tool, Deepfake Endorsements

## Summary

A call center operated an AI-assisted financial fraud scheme utilizing deepfake celebrity endorsements and persuasion scripts. Over 6,000 victims lost a total of $35 million to fake trading platforms.

## What to do

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

## Latest updates

- 2025-03-05: Tbilisi-Based Call Center Allegedly Uses AI-Driven Scripts to Defraud Over 6,000 Victims of $35 Million (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/962)

## Sources

- 2025-03-05 AI Incident Database: Tbilisi-Based Call Center Allegedly Uses AI-Driven Scripts to Defraud Over 6,000 Victims of $35 Million https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/962

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