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General public of Guernsey

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 12881 Report
Purported Deepfake Video and Fake News Articles Allegedly Used to Impersonate Guernsey's Chief Minister in Investment Scam

2025-08-01

Scammers allegedly used AI-generated deepfake video, fabricated images, and fake local news articles to impersonate Guernsey Chief Minister Lindsay de Sausmarez and promote a non-existent investment scheme. Authorities reportedly warned that the materials falsely depict her endorsing the opportunity. Police advised residents to disregard the posts and avoid providing personal or financial information.

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Unknown scammers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1288
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Video and Fake News Articles Allegedly Used to Impersonate Guernsey's Chief Minister in Investment Scam

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Unknown scammers impersonating Lindsay de Sausmarez

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1288
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Video and Fake News Articles Allegedly Used to Impersonate Guernsey's Chief Minister in Investment Scam

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Unknown voice cloning technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1288
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Video and Fake News Articles Allegedly Used to Impersonate Guernsey's Chief Minister in Investment Scam

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Unknown deepfake technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1288
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Video and Fake News Articles Allegedly Used to Impersonate Guernsey's Chief Minister in Investment Scam

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Unknown image generator developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1288
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Video and Fake News Articles Allegedly Used to Impersonate Guernsey's Chief Minister in Investment Scam

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Unknown generative AI developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1288
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Video and Fake News Articles Allegedly Used to Impersonate Guernsey's Chief Minister in Investment Scam

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Lindsay de Sausmarez

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1288
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Video and Fake News Articles Allegedly Used to Impersonate Guernsey's Chief Minister in Investment Scam

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General public

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1288
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Video and Fake News Articles Allegedly Used to Impersonate Guernsey's Chief Minister in Investment Scam

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Epistemic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1288
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Video and Fake News Articles Allegedly Used to Impersonate Guernsey's Chief Minister in Investment Scam

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Unknown deepfake technology

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  • Incident 1288
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Video and Fake News Articles Allegedly Used to Impersonate Guernsey's Chief Minister in Investment Scam

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Unknown voice cloning technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1288
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Video and Fake News Articles Allegedly Used to Impersonate Guernsey's Chief Minister in Investment Scam

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Unknown image generator

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1288
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Video and Fake News Articles Allegedly Used to Impersonate Guernsey's Chief Minister in Investment Scam

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Unknown generative AI tools

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1288
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Video and Fake News Articles Allegedly Used to Impersonate Guernsey's Chief Minister in Investment Scam

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