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Purportedly AI-Generated Jason Momoa Deepfake Used in Romance Scam Reportedly Defrauding British Widow of $600,000

November 29, 2025

A heartbreaking incident has come to light, where a British widow reportedly lost over half a million dollars in a romance scam. The scam allegedly utilized deepfake videos, purportedly generated by AI and featuring actor Jason Momoa. The victim was deceived into believing the relationship was genuine, leading her to sell her home and transfer funds.

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Alleged deployer
unknown-scammers, unknown-scammers-impersonating-jason-momoa
Alleged developer
unknown-deepfake-technology-developers, unknown-voice-cloning-technology-developers
Alleged harmed parties
unnamed-victim-of-jason-momoa-deepfake-scam, general-public, general-public-of-the-united-kingdom, victims-of-romance-scams, victims-of-romance-scams-in-the-united-kingdom

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1285

Data source

Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

When citing the database as a whole, please use:

McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

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