Description: Mohammed Yusuf, a small-business operator in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria, reportedly lost about ₦150,000 (~US$108.86) after responding to a purportedly AI-generated TikTok ad impersonating digital payments company OPay. The ad allegedly promised a free payment terminal and cash grant. A caller reportedly posing as OPay staff requested a one-time password; unauthorized betting-voucher transactions reportedly depleted nearly all the operator's business capital.
Entités
Voir toutes les entitésAlleged: Synthetic media generation technology developers , Deepfake technology developers , Synthetic audio generation technology developers et Synthetic video generation technology developers developed an AI system deployed by Scammers , Scammers impersonating OPay , Impersonation scammers , TikTok scammers , Synthetic media creators et Deepfake creators, which harmed Mohammed Yusuf , Small business owners , Targets of scammers in Nigeria , Epistemic integrity , Social media users , TikTok users et OPay.
Systèmes d'IA présumés impliqués: Synthetic media technology , Synthetic audio generation technology , TikTok , Social media platforms et Synthetic video generation technology
Statistiques d'incidents
ID
1732
Nombre de rapports
1
Date de l'incident
2026-07-24
Editeurs
Daniel Atherton
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When Mohammed Yusuf resigned from his “poorly paid” teaching job in Ilorin, Kwara State, in October 2025, he hoped a new source of income would help him survive Nigeria’s economic hardship. After weeks of unsuccessful job searches, he inves…
Variantes
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