Alleged AI Deepfake Videos Used to Lure Simcoe County, Ontario Residents in Crypto Scam
Date: 2025-06-29
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Scammers Targeting Simcoe County
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1121: Alleged AI Deepfake Videos Used to Lure Simcoe County, Ontario Residents in Crypto Scam. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Scammers Targeting Simcoe County. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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