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Purported AI-Generated Deepfake of Infosys Co-Founder N. R. Narayana Murthy Used in Investment Scam Allegedly Defrauding 79-Year-Old Bengaluru Woman of ₹35 Lakh (~$40,000)
- Occurred
- Jun 27, 2025
- Published
- Jun 27, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A 79-year-old woman ("Archana") in Bengaluru was reportedly defrauded of ₹35 lakh (~$40,000) in a purportedly AI-enabled investment scam that used deepfake videos of Infosys co-founder N. R. Narayana Murthy to promote a fake trading platform. The scammers allegedly built a convincing website and pressured the victim over eight months to make escalating payments. They allegedly later attempted extortion by threatening her with a fake money-laundering case before police became involved.
Developers
- Deepfake technology
- Synthetic audio generation technology
Deployers
- Unknown scammers impersonating N. R. Narayana Murthy
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- N. R. Narayana Murthy
- Investors
- General public of India
- General public
- Elderly investors
- Elderly individuals
- Archana
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated deepfake used in financial fraud causing significant monetary loss to victim.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8