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Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 15701 Report
Purported Deepfake Impersonating Dubai Crown Prince Reportedly Used to Defraud Filipino Domestic Worker

2026-07-03

A Filipino domestic worker identified as "Maria" reportedly paid ₱100,000 (about $1,625) after a scammer deployed purportedly manipulated real-time video to impersonate Dubai Crown Prince Hamdan bin Mohammed during WhatsApp calls. The scammer reportedly claimed the money was for a marriage certificate and "royal membership card" that would help her secure a job in Dubai. Maria reportedly ended contact after noticing that the Facebook account was based in Nigeria.

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Scammers in Nigeria

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1570
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Impersonating Dubai Crown Prince Reportedly Used to Defraud Filipino Domestic Worker

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Scammers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1570
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Impersonating Dubai Crown Prince Reportedly Used to Defraud Filipino Domestic Worker

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Romance scammers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1570
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Impersonating Dubai Crown Prince Reportedly Used to Defraud Filipino Domestic Worker

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Employment scammers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1570
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Impersonating Dubai Crown Prince Reportedly Used to Defraud Filipino Domestic Worker

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Cybercriminals

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1570
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Impersonating Dubai Crown Prince Reportedly Used to Defraud Filipino Domestic Worker

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Synthetic video generation technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1570
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Impersonating Dubai Crown Prince Reportedly Used to Defraud Filipino Domestic Worker

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Synthetic media generation technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1570
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Impersonating Dubai Crown Prince Reportedly Used to Defraud Filipino Domestic Worker

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Deepfake technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1570
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Impersonating Dubai Crown Prince Reportedly Used to Defraud Filipino Domestic Worker

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WhatsApp users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1570
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Impersonating Dubai Crown Prince Reportedly Used to Defraud Filipino Domestic Worker

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Targets of scams in the United Arab Emirates

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1570
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Impersonating Dubai Crown Prince Reportedly Used to Defraud Filipino Domestic Worker

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Targets of scams

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1570
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Impersonating Dubai Crown Prince Reportedly Used to Defraud Filipino Domestic Worker

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Targets of romance scams

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1570
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Impersonating Dubai Crown Prince Reportedly Used to Defraud Filipino Domestic Worker

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Targets of employment scams

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1570
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Impersonating Dubai Crown Prince Reportedly Used to Defraud Filipino Domestic Worker

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Maria (victim of Dubai prince impersonation scam)

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1570
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Impersonating Dubai Crown Prince Reportedly Used to Defraud Filipino Domestic Worker

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Facebook users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1570
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Impersonating Dubai Crown Prince Reportedly Used to Defraud Filipino Domestic Worker

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Social media users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1570
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Impersonating Dubai Crown Prince Reportedly Used to Defraud Filipino Domestic Worker

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WhatsApp

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1570
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Impersonating Dubai Crown Prince Reportedly Used to Defraud Filipino Domestic Worker

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Synthetic video generation technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1570
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Impersonating Dubai Crown Prince Reportedly Used to Defraud Filipino Domestic Worker

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Synthetic media generation technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1570
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Impersonating Dubai Crown Prince Reportedly Used to Defraud Filipino Domestic Worker

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Deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1570
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Impersonating Dubai Crown Prince Reportedly Used to Defraud Filipino Domestic Worker

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Facebook

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1570
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Impersonating Dubai Crown Prince Reportedly Used to Defraud Filipino Domestic Worker

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Social media platforms

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1570
    1 Report

    Purported Deepfake Impersonating Dubai Crown Prince Reportedly Used to Defraud Filipino Domestic Worker

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