AI Risk Wire

Incidents

21 incidents

Risk: Fraud and impersonation

EffectiveNot effectiveNot effective (bypassed)Did not existNot stated in sourcesNot yet checkedAttacker's ownOrder: model · harness · application · target

DateIncidentRiskWhere it failedControls mentioned in sources
2026-10-30Fake Polymarket platforms use LLM chat agents with provider-switching to defraud victims Fraud and impersonation Not yet checked
2026-10-29North Korean IT worker scheme uses FFTDC 'Super Intelligence' AI tools, deepfakes and voice manipulation to defeat U.S. hiring controls Fraud and impersonation Not yet checked
2026-10-20AI-generated 'Xiaohai' teen persona used to sell products to older women via fabricated sob stories Fraud and impersonation Not yet checked
2026-10-18Deepfake video of President Marcos used to defraud Tarlac dentist of P93 million Fraud and impersonation Not yet checked
2026-10-12Fideuram (Intesa Sanpaolo private banking) deepfake voice/video executive impersonation fraud Fraud and impersonation Not yet checked
2026-10-11AI-morphed obscene image used to blackmail 19-year-old in Mangaluru Fraud and impersonation Not yet checked
2026-10-08Deepfake investment-scam ads impersonating Nigerian public figures on Facebook Fraud and impersonation Not yet checked
2026-09-14Fake YouTube stream uses AI Trump video to promote crypto scam Fraud and impersonation Not yet checked
2026-08-03Deepfake celebrity likenesses used in AI scam pushing fake supplements Fraud and impersonation Not yet checked
2026-07-31North Korean IT workers use real-time deepfakes to beat hiring checks Fraud and impersonation Not yet checked
2026-07-17Sky Gold subsidiary suffers loss after deepfake scam and unauthorised fund transfer Fraud and impersonation Not yet checked
2026-05-19Homebuyers lose $66,000 in suspected voice-cloning scam Fraud and impersonation Not yet checked
2026-05-13Yankton Boys & Girls Club deepfake bank fraud Fraud and impersonation Not yet checked
2026-05-06Deepfake video duped Belagavi man of Rs 7.9 lakh Fraud and impersonation Not yet checked
2026-03-11Researchers trick Perplexity Comet browser into phishing scam
Perplexity		 Fraud and impersonation Not yet checked
2026-02-26Deepfake scam abuses Bitdefender name with Romanian officials' likenesses Fraud and impersonation Not yet checked
2026-02-10Police charge nine more in $34m deepfake crypto scam Fraud and impersonation Not yet checked
2026-02-02Family duped by AI video showing missing son kidnapped Fraud and impersonation Not yet checked
2025-12-15Deepfake Elon Musk car giveaway scam defrauds Florida man Fraud and impersonation Not yet checked
2025-12-09Grandparent scam with suspected AI voice cloning, Regina and Saskatoon (Saskatchewan, Canada, 2025) Fraud and impersonation Not yet checked
2024-08-01Deepfake liveness-check bypass attempts at Indonesian bank's digital KYC Fraud and impersonation Not yet checked