Scammers Allegedly Use Deepfake of Hong Kong Entertainer Andy Lau to Steal NT$2.64 Million from Fan
June 27, 2024
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The arrested scammer attempted to collect a staged cash payment following the fraudulent transaction.
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- MAP 3.2 — similarity 0.540, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
- GOVERN 2.2 — similarity 0.540, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
- MAP 1.6 — similarity 0.537, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →
- Alleged deployer
- unknown-scammers, unknown-scammer-impersonating-andy-lau
- Alleged developer
- unknown-deepfake-technology-developers, unknown-voice-cloning-technology-developers
- Alleged harmed parties
- lin-(), epistemic-integrity, truth
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/739
Data source
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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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