Description: Scammers allegedly created a fake Facebook profile impersonating a Scottish woman, Teigan McMahon, raising funds for her father, who was reportedly in a coma in Turkey. The account reportedly reused her photos and posts and was described as using purportedly AI-generated or deepfake-style content to solicit donations. The impersonation forced the family to pause their legitimate fundraiser while the fake profile remained online.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown image generator developer and Unknown deepfake technology developers developed an AI system deployed by Unknown scammers, which harmed Teigan McMahon , Peter McMahon and Epistemic integrity.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1287
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2025-11-26
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
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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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