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Incident 15082 Report
Italian Mediaset Journalist Safiria Leccese's Image Was Reportedly Used in a Purportedly AI-Generated Fake Loan Scam

2026-05-31

Italian media reported that scammers purportedly used AI to create fake social media profiles and a video impersonating Mediaset journalist Safiria Leccese, using her image and footage associated with her political-interview program Super Partes to promote a personal loan. Leccese said several people were deceived within an hour. After she contacted postal police, two additional fake profiles using her image were reportedly found and blocked.

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Scammers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1508
    2 Reports

    Italian Mediaset Journalist Safiria Leccese's Image Was Reportedly Used in a Purportedly AI-Generated Fake Loan Scam

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Deepfake technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1508
    2 Reports

    Italian Mediaset Journalist Safiria Leccese's Image Was Reportedly Used in a Purportedly AI-Generated Fake Loan Scam

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Voice cloning technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1508
    2 Reports

    Italian Mediaset Journalist Safiria Leccese's Image Was Reportedly Used in a Purportedly AI-Generated Fake Loan Scam

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Safiria Leccese

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1508
    2 Reports

    Italian Mediaset Journalist Safiria Leccese's Image Was Reportedly Used in a Purportedly AI-Generated Fake Loan Scam

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Privacy

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1508
    2 Reports

    Italian Mediaset Journalist Safiria Leccese's Image Was Reportedly Used in a Purportedly AI-Generated Fake Loan Scam

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Epistemic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1508
    2 Reports

    Italian Mediaset Journalist Safiria Leccese's Image Was Reportedly Used in a Purportedly AI-Generated Fake Loan Scam

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Social media platforms

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1508
    2 Reports

    Italian Mediaset Journalist Safiria Leccese's Image Was Reportedly Used in a Purportedly AI-Generated Fake Loan Scam

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Deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1508
    2 Reports

    Italian Mediaset Journalist Safiria Leccese's Image Was Reportedly Used in a Purportedly AI-Generated Fake Loan Scam

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Entity

Voice cloning technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1508
    2 Reports

    Italian Mediaset Journalist Safiria Leccese's Image Was Reportedly Used in a Purportedly AI-Generated Fake Loan Scam

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