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Malaysian public figures

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 11362 Report
Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

2025-07-04

Purported AI-generated deepfake videos depicting Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and other officials, political leaders, and business leaders have reportedly been used to promote fraudulent investment schemes. A total of 13,956 cases were reported last year, with RM2.11 billion allegedly lost to these scams. Victims were allegedly misled by hyper-realistic fake endorsements circulated via Facebook, WhatsApp, and Telegram. Scammers allegedly adapt quickly, generating new deepfakes when content is removed.

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Unknown scammers targeting Malaysian public figures

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1136
    2 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Unknown scammers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1136
    2 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Unknown fraudsters

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1136
    2 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Unknown voice cloning technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1136
    2 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Unknown deepfake technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1136
    2 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1136
    2 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Tan Sri Tony Fernandes

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1136
    2 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Tan Sri Robert Kuok

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1136
    2 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Malaysian political leaders

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1136
    2 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Malaysian business leaders

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1136
    2 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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General public of Malaysia

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1136
    2 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Epistemic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1136
    2 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Anwar Ibrahim

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1136
    2 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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WhatsApp

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1136
    2 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Unknown voice cloning technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1136
    2 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Unknown deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1136
    2 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Telegram

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1136
    2 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Social media

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1136
    2 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Facebook

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1136
    2 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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