Purported Deepfake WhatsApp Scam Impersonating Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Actor C. Joseph Vijay Reportedly Defrauded Bengaluru Security Guard of ₹104,000 (~$1,085.40)
September 9, 2026
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- Alleged deployer
- synthetic-media-creators, scammers, impersonation-scammers, deepfake-creators, cybercriminals-in-india, cybercriminals, scammers-in-india
- Alleged developer
- synthetic-video-generation-technology-developers, synthetic-media-generation-technology-developers, deepfake-technology-developers
- Alleged harmed parties
- victims-of-impersonation-scams, victims-of-deepfake-enabled-fraud, ratikanta-giri, public-figures, politicians-in-india, politicians, impersonated-public-figures, financial-scam-victims, epistemic-integrity, c.-joseph-vijay
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Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1711
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