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Purported Deepfake-Based Facebook Impersonation Reportedly Targets Daughter of Scot in Coma
- Occurred
- Nov 26, 2025
- Published
- Nov 28, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Scammers allegedly created a fake Facebook profile impersonating a Scottish woman, Teigan McMahon, raising funds for her father, who was reportedly in a coma in Turkey. The account reportedly reused her photos and posts and was described as using purportedly AI-generated or deepfake-style content to solicit donations. The impersonation forced the family to pause their legitimate fundraiser while the fake profile remained online.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic image generation technology developers
Deployers
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- Teigan McMahon
- Peter McMahon
- Epistemic integrity
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: Incident involves AI-generated deepfake content used for impersonation and fraud targeting a family in distress.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8