Description: Scammers reportedly used AI-altered photos of former Papua New Guinea television host Jennifer Baing to depict her in lingerie and handing out cash, and used her likeness on Facebook to promote fake giveaways soliciting money. Baing described reputational harm and concerns about her safety. She said impersonating accounts remained online despite her reports to the platform.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Synthetic media technology developers , Deepfake technology developers and Synthetic image generation technology developers developed an AI system deployed by Scammers , Scammers in Papua New Guinea , Synthetic media creators , Deepfake creators , Cybercriminals , Scammers impersonating Jennifer Baing and Impersonation scammers, which harmed Jennifer Baing , General public , General public of Papua New Guinea , Impersonated public figures , Public figures , Victims of deepfake abuse , Epistemic integrity , Privacy , Women and Women and girls.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Synthetic media generation technology and Deepfake technology
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1758
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2026-07-21
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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Jennifer Baing says AI-generated images of her have been used by scammers to impersonate her online. (Supplied)
Jennifer Baing was scrolling through Facebook when she came across a photo of herself wearing revealing lingerie.
The image wa…
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