Purported Deepfake Impersonating Dubai Crown Prince Reportedly Used to Defraud Filipino Domestic Worker
Date: 2026-07-03
Affected: Cybercriminals, Deepfake Technology Developers, Employment Scammers, Romance Scammers, Scammers, Scammers In Nigeria, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Video Generation Technology Developers
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: Medium

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1570: Purported Deepfake Impersonating Dubai Crown Prince Reportedly Used to Defraud Filipino Domestic Worker. Alleged deployer/developer: Cybercriminals, Deepfake Technology Developers, Employment Scammers, Romance Scammers, Scammers, Scammers In Nigeria, 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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