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Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms
- Occurred
- Apr 15, 2025
- Published
- Jun 22, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Fraudsters allegedly used AI-generated content and social media ads to impersonate economist David Rosenberg and promote a fraudulent investment scheme. Victims were reportedly directed to WhatsApp groups with fake stock tips, resulting in substantial financial losses, with some exceeding $500,000. The ads reportedly appeared on Meta platforms, including Facebook and Instagram. Rosenberg and his family reported the scam to authorities.
Developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
- Deepfake technology developers
Deployers
- Scammers
- Scammers impersonating David Rosenberg
- Synthetic media creators
- Deepfake creators
Harmed parties
- Unnamed woman who lost $500,000
- Unnamed man who lost $450,000
- Syed Hasan
- Investors
- General public
- David Rosenberg
- Epistemic integrity
Tags
- deepfake
- impersonation
- scam
- fraud
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated impersonation used for financial fraud causing substantial monetary losses.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8