Description: An alleged fraudulent online platform presented as the "Bank of Cyprus Trading AI Platform" was promoted using reportedly fabricated media, including a video that appeared to depict the Bank's CEO endorsing the service. The video reportedly used misleading branding, including the BBC logo, and promised unrealistic investment returns. The Bank of Cyprus publicly denied any affiliation and warned customers about the use of AI-generated content in the scam.
Editor Notes: First public warning issued by Bank of Cyprus on 11/14/2024; scam materials may have circulated earlier. It was ingested into the AIID on 05/16/2025. Refer as well to Incident 1063, which pertains to a later deepfake scam incident in Cyprus.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown deepfake technology developers and Unknown voice cloning technology developers developed an AI system deployed by Unknown scammers and Unidentified scam network, which harmed Prospective investors in Cyprus , Panicos Nicolaou , General public of Cyprus , BBC , Bank of Cyprus customers and Bank of Cyprus.
Alleged implicated AI systems: WhatsApp , Unknown voice cloning technology , Unknown deepfake technology and Social media platforms
Incident Stats
Risk Subdomain
A further 23 subdomains create an accessible and understandable classification of hazards and harms associated with AI
4.3. Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
Risk Domain
The Domain Taxonomy of AI Risks classifies risks into seven AI risk domains: (1) Discrimination & toxicity, (2) Privacy & security, (3) Misinformation, (4) Malicious actors & misuse, (5) Human-computer interaction, (6) Socioeconomic & environmental harms, and (7) AI system safety, failures & limitations.
- Malicious Actors & Misuse
Entity
Which, if any, entity is presented as the main cause of the risk
Human
Timing
The stage in the AI lifecycle at which the risk is presented as occurring
Post-deployment
Intent
Whether the risk is presented as occurring as an expected or unexpected outcome from pursuing a goal
Intentional
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The Bank of Cyprus said on Thursday it is taking proactive measures to prevent online scams while fake news about a fraudulent lucrative platform linked to the bank have been circulating online.
The fraudulent AI platform marketed as the 'B…
Variants
A "variant" is an AI incident similar to a known case—it has the same causes, harms, and AI system. Instead of listing it separately, we group it under the first reported incident. Unlike other incidents, variants do not need to have been reported outside the AIID. Learn more from the research paper.
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