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Purported Deepfake Video of Donald Trump at NATO Summit Allegedly Used in YouTube Crypto Scam
- Occurred
- Jul 7, 2025
- Published
- Jul 7, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Multiple YouTube Live streams reportedly featured a purported AI‑generated deepfake video depicting U.S. President Donald Trump at a NATO Summit press event. In the video, Trump reportedly appears to promote a Bitcoin "double-your-money" offer, directing viewers to scan an on‑screen QR code and send cryptocurrency to a specified address. The video was reportedly not authentic and is alleged to have been part of an ongoing YouTube-based crypto scam campaign.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- General public
- Cryptocurrency investors
- Donald Trump
- NATO Summit organizers
- NATO
Tags
- deepfake
- impersonation
- investment scam
- financial fraud
- bitcoin scam
- cryptocurrency scam
- QR code scam
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Incident involves AI-generated synthetic media used to deceive viewers in a crypto scam, fitting the deepfake category with medium severity due to financial fraud risk.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8