Description: A 79-year-old woman ("Archana") in Bengaluru was reportedly defrauded of ₹35 lakh (~$40,000) in a purportedly AI-enabled investment scam that used deepfake videos of Infosys co-founder N. R. Narayana Murthy to promote a fake trading platform. The scammers allegedly built a convincing website and pressured the victim over eight months to make escalating payments. They allegedly later attempted extortion by threatening her with a fake money-laundering case before police became involved.
Editor Notes: Timeline note: This scam reportedly took place over an eight-month period leading up to June 2025, during which the victim was alleged to have been repeatedly contacted and defrauded. Because the Times of India article documenting the incident was published on 06/27/2025, that date is used for the incident ID. It was added to the AI Incident Database on 10/19/2025.
Entités
Voir toutes les entitésAlleged: Unknown voice cloning technology et Unknown deepfake technology developed an AI system deployed by Unknown scammers impersonating N. R. Narayana Murthy , Unknown scammers et Unknown fraudsters, which harmed N. R. Narayana Murthy , Investors , General public of India , General public , Elderly investors , Elderly individuals et Archana.
Systèmes d'IA présumés impliqués: Unknown voice cloning technology , Unknown deepfake technology , WhatsApp , Social media , Fake trading platform et Facebook
Statistiques d'incidents
ID
1240
Nombre de rapports
1
Date de l'incident
2025-06-27
Editeurs
Daniel Atherton
Rapports d'incidents
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BENGALURU: A 79-year-old woman from Seshadripuram, central Bengaluru, lost nearly Rs 35 lakh to fraudsters operating a sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) trading scam. The gang not only cheated her of her savings over eight months b…
Variantes
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