DeepfakeHigh
Reported AI-Generated Deepfake Romance Scam Allegedly Used to Steal One Bitcoin From Recently Divorced Investor
- Occurred
- Dec 31, 2025
- Published
- Dec 31, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A recently divorced Bitcoin investor reportedly lost his entire retirement fund, one full Bitcoin, after being deceived by a purportedly AI-enabled romance scam. The perpetrator allegedly used AI-generated portraits and real-time deepfake video calls to pose as a romantic partner and trusted crypto trader, persuading the victim to transfer cryptocurrency through a "pig-butchering" scheme that displayed fake profits and made recovery impossible.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Pig-butchering scammers
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- Investors
- Cryptocurrency investors
- Cryptocurrency investors defrauded by AI-generated profiles
- Pig-butchering scam victims
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated deepfake media used to deceive victim into financial loss of significant value.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8