Description: Multiple YouTube Live streams reportedly featured a purported AI‑generated deepfake video depicting U.S. President Donald Trump at a NATO Summit press event. In the video, Trump reportedly appears to promote a Bitcoin "double-your-money" offer, directing viewers to scan an on‑screen QR code and send cryptocurrency to a specified address. The video was reportedly not authentic and is alleged to have been part of an ongoing YouTube-based crypto scam campaign.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown deepfake technology developer and Unknown voice cloning technology developer developed an AI system deployed by Unknown scammers and Unknown fraudsters, which harmed General public , Cryptocurrency investors , Donald Trump , NATO Summit organizers and NATO.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Unknown deepfake technology , Unknown voice cloning technology , YouTube , QR code and Cryptocurrency platforms
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1153
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2025-07-07
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
Crypto scammers are running deepfake videos of U.S. President Donald Trump as YouTube Live videos, in what seems to be an attempt to steal investors' Bitcoin.
Multiple 'live' YouTube videos featured Mr. Trump at what seemed to be a NATO pre…
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