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Incident 10384 Report
Scammers Reportedly Use AI Tools to Impersonate Students and Obtain Federal Aid
2025-04-22
Between 2021 and 2025, California community colleges faced a surge in fraudulent applications—now estimated at 34% of all submissions. Reports indicate that scammers used generative AI tools, including ChatGPT, to produce identity-verifying responses that enabled them to impersonate students and obtain financial aid. The fraud allegedly resulted in over $13 million in losses over the past year alone, straining administrative and instructional systems and displacing legitimate applicants.
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Reported Use of AI Voice and Identity Manipulation in the Ongoing 'Phantom Hacker' Fraud Scheme
2023-10-20
Reports allege that updated variants of the long-running "Phantom Hacker" scam use purported AI tools to enhance impersonation, including voice cloning, spoofed caller ID, and realistic digital artifacts. Fraudsters reportedly pose as tech support, bank staff, and government officials in a three-phase scheme that pressures mostly older adults to transfer funds to accounts controlled by scammers.
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Purported AI-Enabled Pro-Russian Influence Campaign Centered on Burkina Faso's Ibrahim Traoré and Disseminated Across African Media
2025-09-30
Reports describe a purported AI-enabled influence and disinformation campaign centered on Burkina Faso's junta leader Ibrahim Traoré. Dozens of purported AI-generated or AI-manipulated videos, allegedly produced by groups such as Black Rebellion and Univers Inspirant, have circulated widely across African media promoting pro-Traoré and pro-Russian narratives, with similar synthetic content appearing during regional conflicts and political events.
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