HISPI Project Cerebellum HISPI PROJECT CEREBELLUM

Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

January 1, 2020

A transnational investment fraud network, Quantum AI, has been accused of using AI-generated deepfakes, fake news sites, phishing pages, and spoofed calls to deceive victims. The scheme allegedly falsifies celebrity endorsements, news outlets, and political leader images, promoting untrustworthy trading platforms. This results in victims transferring money that is difficult or impossible to recover.

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Alleged deployer
quantum-ai-scammers, quantum-ai
Alleged developer
unknown-voice-cloning-technology-developers, unknown-deepfake-technology-developers, generative-ai-companies
Alleged harmed parties
youtube-users, victims-of-impersonation-scams, victims-of-deepfake-enabled-fraud, steph-mcgovern, spencer-and-stanley, social-media-users, smithville-international, rishi-sunak, richard-branson, retail-investors, meta-users, martin-lewis, mark-carney, keir-starmer, investors, general-public, forbes, financial-services-customers, elon-musk, elderly-investors, el-universo, dw-news, domenica-in, david-beckham, daily-mirror, cryptocurrency-investors, consumers, cnn, bbc

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1236

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