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Purportedly AI-Generated Jason Momoa Deepfake Used in Romance Scam Reportedly Defrauding British Widow of $600,000
- Occurred
- Nov 29, 2025
- Published
- Oct 6, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A British widow reportedly lost more than $600,000 in a romance fraud scheme that allegedly involved AI-generated deepfake videos purporting to show actor Jason Momoa. The victim reportedly sold her home and transferred funds after being led to believe the relationship was genuine.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Scammers impersonating Jason Momoa
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- Unnamed victim of Jason Momoa deepfake scam
- General public
- General public of the United Kingdom
- Victims of romance scams
- Victims of romance scams in the United Kingdom
Tags
- syndicated
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated deepfake videos were used to defraud a victim of significant financial loss.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8