Reported AI Impersonations of Pastors Used in Online Donation and Influence Scams
Date: 2026-01-05
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Scammers Impersonating Religious Figures
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1355: Reported AI Impersonations of Pastors Used in Online Donation and Influence Scams. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Scammers Impersonating Religious Figures. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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