Reported Deepfake Video Impersonating Mark Carney Used in Nearly $1M Cryptocurrency Scam Targeting Ontario Senior
Date: 2025-07-01
Affected: Cryptocurrency Scammers, Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Scammers Impersonating Mark Carney, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Video Generation Technology Developers
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: Critical

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1532: Reported Deepfake Video Impersonating Mark Carney Used in Nearly $1M Cryptocurrency Scam Targeting Ontario Senior. Alleged deployer/developer: Cryptocurrency Scammers, Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Scammers Impersonating Mark Carney, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Video Generation Technology Developers. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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