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Retail investors

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 123628 Report
Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

2020-01-01

Researchers have described a global AI-themed investment fraud ecosystem using deepfake videos, spoofed news sites, phishing pages, and phone outreach to impersonate celebrities, news outlets, and political leaders. Reports link the scheme to fake trading platforms including Quantum AI and related sites, and to cloaked adtech infrastructure used to route likely victims while hiding scam pages from scanners.

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Related Entities
Other entities that are related to the same incident. For example, if the developer of an incident is this entity but the deployer is another entity, they are marked as related entities.
 

Entity

Unknown operators of malicious Keitaro infrastructure

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Unknown cryptocurrency scammers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Unknown AI-themed investment scammers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Scammers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Quantum AI scammers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Quantum AI

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

FaiKast

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Unknown voice cloning technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Unknown deepfake technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Generative AI companies

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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YouTube users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Victims of impersonation scams

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Victims of deepfake-enabled fraud

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Steph McGovern

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Spencer & Stanley

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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social media users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Smithville International

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Rishi Sunak

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Richard Branson

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Meta users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Martin Lewis

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Mark Carney

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Keir Starmer

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Investors

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

General public

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Forbes

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Financial services customers

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Elon Musk

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Elderly investors

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

El Universo

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

DW News

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Domenica In

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

David Beckham

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Daily Mirror

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Cryptocurrency investors

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Consumers

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

CNN

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

BBC

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Unknown voice cloning technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Unknown deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Spoofed phone number systems

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Phishing websites

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Meta Platforms

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Automated trading bots

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1236
    28 Reports

    Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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