Chinese Businessman Reportedly Defrauded of 4.3 Million Yuan by AI-Generated Deepfake Impersonating Friend
Date: 2023-04-15
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Scammers Impersonating Friend Of Guo, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #992: Chinese Businessman Reportedly Defrauded of 4.3 Million Yuan by AI-Generated Deepfake Impersonating Friend. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Scammers Impersonating Friend Of Guo, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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