Yahoo Boys and Scammers from Morocco Allegedly Target U.S. Widows and Vulnerable Individuals with 'Artificial Patriot' Scams
Date: 2024-11-21
Affected: Brouteurs, Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers In Ghana, Scammers In Morocco, Scammers In Nigeria, Scammers In West Africa, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Yahoo Boys
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: Medium

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #912: Yahoo Boys and Scammers from Morocco Allegedly Target U.S. Widows and Vulnerable Individuals with 'Artificial Patriot' Scams. Alleged deployer/developer: Brouteurs, Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers In Ghana, Scammers In Morocco, Scammers In Nigeria, Scammers In West Africa, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Yahoo Boys. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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