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Incident 1140: Purported Deepfake of Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake Promotes Fraudulent Government Investment Scheme

Description: A reported deepfake depicts Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake endorsing a government investment plan. It reportedly uses manipulated footage from a May 3rd Satana TV program, dubbed or voice-cloned into English, and including a news article imitating the Daily Mirror to lure people to sign up for the scheme. Sri Lanka CERT, journalists, and the Presidential Media Division reportedly confirmed the video and associated links were AI-generated and part of a phishing and scam operation.

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Alleged: Unknown deepfake technology developer and Unknown voice cloning technology developer developed an AI system deployed by Unknown scammers , Unknown fraudsters and Unknown scammers impersonating Anura Kumara Dissanayake, which harmed Anura Kumara Dissanayake , Daily Mirror of Sri Lanka , Government of Sri Lanka , General public of Sri Lanka and Epistemic integrity.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Unknown voice cloning technology and Unknown deepfake technology

Incident Stats

Incident ID
1140
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2025-06-18
Editors
Daniel Atherton

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Incident OccurrenceViral AI-Generated Video Falsely Claims President Anura Endorsed Investment Plan
Viral AI-Generated Video Falsely Claims President Anura Endorsed Investment Plan

Viral AI-Generated Video Falsely Claims President Anura Endorsed Investment Plan

srilanka.factcrescendo.com

Viral AI-Generated Video Falsely Claims President Anura Endorsed Investment Plan
srilanka.factcrescendo.com · 2025

Social media users are frequently exposed to posts promoting investment schemes that promise extraordinary returns---often featuring well-known public figures. But do these schemes actually deliver what they claim? Factcrescendo investigate…

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