Purportedly AI-Generated Videos Reportedly Impersonated Ghanaian President John Mahama to Solicit Money and Personal Data
Date: 2026-05-01
Affected: Ali Lucky, Anipah Jonathan, Bishop Esiri, Danu Peter, Deepfake Technology Developers, Dzamesi Bright Kofi, Edwin Edos, Image Generation Technology Developers, John Kofi Darlington, Louis Segbawu, Raphael Ablordeppey, Scammers, Scammers Impersonating John Mahama, Scammers In Ghana, Scammers In West Africa, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Video Generation Technology Developers, Thomas Ayoyo, Wisdom James
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1579: Purportedly AI-Generated Videos Reportedly Impersonated Ghanaian President John Mahama to Solicit Money and Personal Data. Alleged deployer/developer: Ali Lucky, Anipah Jonathan, Bishop Esiri, Danu Peter, Deepfake Technology Developers, Dzamesi Bright Kofi, Edwin Edos, Image Generation Technology Developers, John Kofi Darlington, Louis Segbawu, Raphael Ablordeppey, Scammers, Scammers Impersonating John Mahama, Scammers In Ghana, Scammers In West Africa, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Video Generation Technology Developers, Thomas Ayoyo, Wisdom James. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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