Joann Fabrics Shoppers Reportedly Defrauded by AI-Generated Scam Sites, Part of Purported Wave of ~100,000 Fake Domains Across 194 Brands
Date: 2025-08-20
Affected: Cybercriminals, Generative Ai Developers, Scammers
Attack vector: other
Category: real-world
Severity: Medium

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1189: Joann Fabrics Shoppers Reportedly Defrauded by AI-Generated Scam Sites, Part of Purported Wave of ~100,000 Fake Domains Across 194 Brands. Alleged deployer/developer: Cybercriminals, Generative Ai Developers, Scammers. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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