Deepfake Videos Allegedly Used to Defraud Canadian Immigrants Out of Thousands of Dollars
November 24, 2024
Deepfake videos allegedly impersonated Toronto immigration lawyer Max Chaudhary, targeting Canadian immigrants via WhatsApp. The videos, appearing personal and realistic, requested thousands of dollars for legal services never rendered. Exploiting confusion caused by changing immigration rules, the scam reportedly aimed to defraud vulnerable individuals during a time of desperation and uncertainty.
- Alleged deployer
- unknown-scammers
- Alleged developer
- unknown-deepfake-technology-developers
- Alleged harmed parties
- immigrants-in-toronto, immigrants-in-canada, max-chaudhary
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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/876
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