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Incident 9386 Rapports
AI-Assisted Impersonation of Martin Henderson in Romance Scam Leads to Reported NZ$375,000 Fraud
2025-02-01
An alleged online romance scam exploiting AI-assisted impersonation defrauded a woman, "Lea," of NZ$375,000 over two years. The scammer used AI-generated voice messages and deceptive text communication to pose as New Zealand actor Martin Henderson and built up a relationship beginning in early 2023. The victim, believing the scam was real, reportedly relocated to New Zealand in December 2024, only discovering the fraud in February 2025.
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Deepfake Reportedly Used in Attempted Real Estate Fraud in Hallandale Beach, Florida
2024-09-19
A scammer reportedly used deepfake technology to impersonate the owner of a vacant Hallandale Beach, Florida lot during a Zoom call. The scam matched forged IDs to public property records and nearly succeeded in defrauding the buyer of $52,000. The image used in the deepfake was reportedly that of a missing woman named Margrit Pritchard.
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Scammer Reportedly Used AI Voice Clone of WCPO Cincinnati Meteorologist in Facebook Fraud Attempts
2025-06-18
WCPO Cincinnati reported that a scammer impersonated its meteorologist Jennifer Ketchmark using AI voice cloning. A reportedly fraudulent Facebook account made friend requests and sent direct messages requesting money, using an AI-generated voice that mimicked Ketchmark's. The scam attempted to gain trust by sounding convincingly like her. WCPO warned viewers and urged reporting the fake account to Meta. No confirmed victims or losses were publicly reported.
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Chicago Veteran Reportedly Loses $10,000 in Purported Deepfake Cryptocurrency Fraud Posing as Elon Musk
2025-07-07
A Chicago-area Vietnam War veteran, Richard Lyons, reportedly lost $10,000 to a cryptocurrency scam that used purported AI voice cloning and fake social media profiles to impersonate Elon Musk. The fraudster allegedly convinced Lyons to invest in bogus cryptocurrency opportunities using fake voice memos, images, and spoofed caller IDs showing "Elon Musk." The scam reportedly involved dozens of messages and deepfake audio files that reinforced the impersonation.
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