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Pig-butchering scam victims

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Incident 13271 Report
Reported AI-Generated Deepfake Romance Scam Allegedly Used to Steal One Bitcoin From Recently Divorced Investor

2025-12-31

A recently divorced Bitcoin investor reportedly lost his entire retirement fund, one full Bitcoin, after being deceived by a purportedly AI-enabled romance scam. The perpetrator allegedly used AI-generated portraits and real-time deepfake video calls to pose as a romantic partner and trusted crypto trader, persuading the victim to transfer cryptocurrency through a "pig-butchering" scheme that displayed fake profits and made recovery impossible.

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Unknown scammers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1327
    1 Report

    Reported AI-Generated Deepfake Romance Scam Allegedly Used to Steal One Bitcoin From Recently Divorced Investor

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Unknown pig-butchering scammers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1327
    1 Report

    Reported AI-Generated Deepfake Romance Scam Allegedly Used to Steal One Bitcoin From Recently Divorced Investor

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Unknown deepfake technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1327
    1 Report

    Reported AI-Generated Deepfake Romance Scam Allegedly Used to Steal One Bitcoin From Recently Divorced Investor

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Unknown voice cloning technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1327
    1 Report

    Reported AI-Generated Deepfake Romance Scam Allegedly Used to Steal One Bitcoin From Recently Divorced Investor

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Investors

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1327
    1 Report

    Reported AI-Generated Deepfake Romance Scam Allegedly Used to Steal One Bitcoin From Recently Divorced Investor

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Cryptocurrency investors

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1327
    1 Report

    Reported AI-Generated Deepfake Romance Scam Allegedly Used to Steal One Bitcoin From Recently Divorced Investor

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Cryptocurrency investors defrauded by AI-generated profiles

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1327
    1 Report

    Reported AI-Generated Deepfake Romance Scam Allegedly Used to Steal One Bitcoin From Recently Divorced Investor

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Unknown deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1327
    1 Report

    Reported AI-Generated Deepfake Romance Scam Allegedly Used to Steal One Bitcoin From Recently Divorced Investor

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Unknown voice cloning technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1327
    1 Report

    Reported AI-Generated Deepfake Romance Scam Allegedly Used to Steal One Bitcoin From Recently Divorced Investor

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