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Incident 936: Deepfake of Former Prime Minister of Malta Joseph Muscat Allegedly Promotes Nord Invest Scam

Description: A reported doctored video falsely depicts former Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat promoting the crypto platform Nord Invest. The manipulated footage, originally from a 2013 Sky News interview, was overlaid with AI-generated audio to mimic Muscat’s voice endorsing a fraudulent scheme. The video was reportedly shared through Facebook.

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Alleged: Unknown deepfake technology developer and Unknown voice cloning technology developer developed an AI system deployed by scammers , Fraudsters and Unknown scammers impersonating Joseph Muscat, which harmed Joseph Muscat and General public of Malta.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Unknown deepfake apps and Unknown voice cloning technology

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Incident ID
936
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2024-04-12
Editors
Daniel Atherton

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Fact-check Malta: Fake video shows Joseph Muscat promoting a crypto scam
Fact-check Malta: Fake video shows Joseph Muscat promoting a crypto scam

Fact-check Malta: Fake video shows Joseph Muscat promoting a crypto scam

meddmo.eu

Fact-check Malta: Fake video shows Joseph Muscat promoting a crypto scam
meddmo.eu · 2024

A video doing the rounds on Facebook shows former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat promoting a crypto platform called Nord Invest.

“What is the best thing to invest in in 2024?”, Muscat asks rhetorically in the 50-second video. “Obviously it’s …

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