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Scammers impersonating Robert Abela and Mark Laurence Zammit

Incidents involved as Deployer

Incident 9351 Report
Reported Deepfake of Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela and Journalist Mark Laurence Zammit Used to Promote Fraudulent Investment

2025-02-17

A deepfake scam allegedly used AI-generated audio to mimic Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela and journalist Mark Laurence Zammit, falsely portraying them as endorsing an investment scheme. The fraudulent video repurposed genuine interview footage from 2022 but replaced the original dialogue with AI-generated voices.

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scammers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 935
    1 Report

    Reported Deepfake of Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela and Journalist Mark Laurence Zammit Used to Promote Fraudulent Investment

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Fraudsters

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 935
    1 Report

    Reported Deepfake of Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela and Journalist Mark Laurence Zammit Used to Promote Fraudulent Investment

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Unknown deepfake technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 935
    1 Report

    Reported Deepfake of Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela and Journalist Mark Laurence Zammit Used to Promote Fraudulent Investment

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Unknown voice cloning technology developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 935
    1 Report

    Reported Deepfake of Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela and Journalist Mark Laurence Zammit Used to Promote Fraudulent Investment

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Robert Abela

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 935
    1 Report

    Reported Deepfake of Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela and Journalist Mark Laurence Zammit Used to Promote Fraudulent Investment

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Mark Laurence Zammit

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 935
    1 Report

    Reported Deepfake of Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela and Journalist Mark Laurence Zammit Used to Promote Fraudulent Investment

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General public of Malta

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 935
    1 Report

    Reported Deepfake of Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela and Journalist Mark Laurence Zammit Used to Promote Fraudulent Investment

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Unknown deepfake apps

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 935
    1 Report

    Reported Deepfake of Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela and Journalist Mark Laurence Zammit Used to Promote Fraudulent Investment

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Unknown voice cloning technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 935
    1 Report

    Reported Deepfake of Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela and Journalist Mark Laurence Zammit Used to Promote Fraudulent Investment

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