Scammers Allegedly Use AI-Generated Avatars to Impersonate Friends in Houston, Texas and Solicit Money
Date: 2024-09-23
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1065: Scammers Allegedly Use AI-Generated Avatars to Impersonate Friends in Houston, Texas and Solicit Money. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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