Purportedly AI-Generated Deepfake Ads on Facebook Reportedly Impersonate Trump, Musk, Ocasio-Cortez, Warren, Sanders, and Leavitt to Promote Fraudulent Rebates
Date: 2025-10-01
Affected: American Relief Programs (scam Network), Asking America (advertiser), Deepfake Technology Developers, End The Wokeness (advertiser), Freedom Asset Advocates (advertiser), Get Covered Today (advertiser), Hannah Grace (advertiser), Health Benefits For Seniors (advertiser), I Love My Freedom (advertiser), Meta, Relief Eligibility Center (advertiser), Rfy News Group (advertiser Network), Scammers, Senior Health Daily Usa (advertiser), Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Scammers Operating Meta Ad Accounts
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: Critical

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1223: Purportedly AI-Generated Deepfake Ads on Facebook Reportedly Impersonate Trump, Musk, Ocasio-Cortez, Warren, Sanders, and Leavitt to Promote Fraudulent Rebates. Alleged deployer/developer: American Relief Programs (scam Network), Asking America (advertiser), Deepfake Technology Developers, End The Wokeness (advertiser), Freedom Asset Advocates (advertiser), Get Covered Today (advertiser), Hannah Grace (advertiser), Health Benefits For Seniors (advertiser), I Love My Freedom (advertiser), Meta, Relief Eligibility Center (advertiser), Rfy News Group (advertiser Network), Scammers, Senior Health Daily Usa (advertiser), Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Scammers Operating Meta Ad Accounts. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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