Alleged AI-Driven Phishing Scam Impersonates Maine Town Official to Falsely Request $22,500
Date: 2025-01-15
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: Medium

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #910: Alleged AI-Driven Phishing Scam Impersonates Maine Town Official to Falsely Request $22,500. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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