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Daily Mirror of Sri Lanka

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Incident 11401 Report
Purported Deepfake of Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake Promotes Fraudulent Government Investment Scheme

2025-06-18

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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Unknown scammers impersonating Anura Kumara Dissanayake

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1140
    1 Report

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

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Unknown scammers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1140
    1 Report

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

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Unknown fraudsters

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1140
    1 Report

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

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Unknown voice cloning technology developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1140
    1 Report

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

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Unknown deepfake technology developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1140
    1 Report

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

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Government of Sri Lanka

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1140
    1 Report

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

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General public of Sri Lanka

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1140
    1 Report

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

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Epistemic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1140
    1 Report

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

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Anura Kumara Dissanayake

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1140
    1 Report

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

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Unknown voice cloning technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1140
    1 Report

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

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Unknown deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1140
    1 Report

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

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