Old Mutual Reportedly Warns of Purported Deepfake Videos Impersonating Chairman Trevor Manuel in Investment Scams
Date: 2025-10-03
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Scammers Impersonating Trevor Manuel
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1226: Old Mutual Reportedly Warns of Purported Deepfake Videos Impersonating Chairman Trevor Manuel in Investment Scams. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Scammers Impersonating Trevor Manuel. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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