DeepfakeMedium
South Korean Actor Kim Seon-ho's Likeness Allegedly Misused in Purported Deepfake Impersonation Attempts Demanding Money
- Occurred
- Aug 19, 2025
- Published
- Aug 20, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Fantagio Entertainment, the agency of actor Kim Seon-ho, reportedly warned of recent impersonation scams and purported deepfake videos allegedly misusing his likeness and demanding money. The agency stated that neither Kim nor his staff would solicit funds or personal information, and pledged legal action.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Unknown scammers impersonating Kim Seon-ho
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- Kim Seon-ho
- Fans of Kim Seon-ho
- General public of South Korea
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Incident involves deepfake impersonation for fraud, causing financial risk but no confirmed mass harm.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8