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Victims of romance scams

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 12851 Report
Purportedly AI-Generated Jason Momoa Deepfake Used in Romance Scam Reportedly Defrauding British Widow of $600,000

2025-11-29

A British widow reportedly lost more than $600,000 in a romance fraud scheme that allegedly involved AI-generated deepfake videos purporting to show actor Jason Momoa. The victim reportedly sold her home and transferred funds after being led to believe the relationship was genuine.

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Incident 12911 Report
South Korean Fraud Ring Allegedly Used Deepfake Identities to Traffic Victims into Cambodia Scam Operations

2024-08-01

Authorities in Vietnam arrested three South Korean men alleged to have used purported deepfake identities in a cross-border romance scam scheme. Victims were reportedly deceived into travel and coerced into moving to Cambodia, where they reportedly were forced into performing scam operations after their passports were taken. The network allegedly obtained about USD $1 million in 2024 before the suspects fled Cambodia and were arrested in Da Nang on October 28, 2025.

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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.
 

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Unknown scammers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1285
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated Jason Momoa Deepfake Used in Romance Scam Reportedly Defrauding British Widow of $600,000

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Unknown scammers impersonating Jason Momoa

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1285
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated Jason Momoa Deepfake Used in Romance Scam Reportedly Defrauding British Widow of $600,000

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Entity

Unknown deepfake technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1285
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated Jason Momoa Deepfake Used in Romance Scam Reportedly Defrauding British Widow of $600,000

  • Incident 1291
    1 Report

    South Korean Fraud Ring Allegedly Used Deepfake Identities to Traffic Victims into Cambodia Scam Operations

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Entity

Unknown voice cloning technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1285
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated Jason Momoa Deepfake Used in Romance Scam Reportedly Defrauding British Widow of $600,000

  • Incident 1291
    1 Report

    South Korean Fraud Ring Allegedly Used Deepfake Identities to Traffic Victims into Cambodia Scam Operations

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Entity

Unnamed victim of Jason Momoa deepfake scam

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1285
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated Jason Momoa Deepfake Used in Romance Scam Reportedly Defrauding British Widow of $600,000

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General public

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1285
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated Jason Momoa Deepfake Used in Romance Scam Reportedly Defrauding British Widow of $600,000

  • Incident 1291
    1 Report

    South Korean Fraud Ring Allegedly Used Deepfake Identities to Traffic Victims into Cambodia Scam Operations

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Entity

General public of the United Kingdom

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1285
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated Jason Momoa Deepfake Used in Romance Scam Reportedly Defrauding British Widow of $600,000

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Entity

Victims of romance scams in the United Kingdom

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1285
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated Jason Momoa Deepfake Used in Romance Scam Reportedly Defrauding British Widow of $600,000

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Entity

Unknown deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1285
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated Jason Momoa Deepfake Used in Romance Scam Reportedly Defrauding British Widow of $600,000

  • Incident 1291
    1 Report

    South Korean Fraud Ring Allegedly Used Deepfake Identities to Traffic Victims into Cambodia Scam Operations

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Entity

Unknown voice cloning technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1285
    1 Report

    Purportedly AI-Generated Jason Momoa Deepfake Used in Romance Scam Reportedly Defrauding British Widow of $600,000

  • Incident 1291
    1 Report

    South Korean Fraud Ring Allegedly Used Deepfake Identities to Traffic Victims into Cambodia Scam Operations

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Entity

Choi Minsu

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1291
    1 Report

    South Korean Fraud Ring Allegedly Used Deepfake Identities to Traffic Victims into Cambodia Scam Operations

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Entity

Choi Jinwoo

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1291
    1 Report

    South Korean Fraud Ring Allegedly Used Deepfake Identities to Traffic Victims into Cambodia Scam Operations

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Entity

Seo Jaeseok

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1291
    1 Report

    South Korean Fraud Ring Allegedly Used Deepfake Identities to Traffic Victims into Cambodia Scam Operations

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Entity

Trafficking victims coerced into scam operations

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1291
    1 Report

    South Korean Fraud Ring Allegedly Used Deepfake Identities to Traffic Victims into Cambodia Scam Operations

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Epistemic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1291
    1 Report

    South Korean Fraud Ring Allegedly Used Deepfake Identities to Traffic Victims into Cambodia Scam Operations

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