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David Rosenberg

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Incident 11152 Report
Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

2025-04-15

Fraudsters allegedly used AI-generated content and social media ads to impersonate economist David Rosenberg and promote a fraudulent investment scheme. Victims were reportedly directed to WhatsApp groups with fake stock tips, resulting in substantial financial losses, with some exceeding $500,000. The ads reportedly appeared on Meta platforms, including Facebook and Instagram. Rosenberg and his family reported the scam to authorities.

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Unknown scammers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

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Unknown fraudsters

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

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Unknown scammers impersonating David Rosenberg

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

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Unknown deepfake technology developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

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Unknown voice cloning technology developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

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Syed Hasan

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

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Unnamed woman who lost $500,000

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

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Unnamed man who lost $450,000

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

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Investors

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

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General public

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

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Unknown deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

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Unknown voice cloning technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

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Meta Platforms

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

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WhatsApp

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

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Instagram

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

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Facebook

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1115
    2 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms

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