DeepfakeHigh
Purported Deepfake Featuring Dr. Rinki Murphy and Jack Tame Reportedly Used to Promote Diabetes Scam in New Zealand
- Occurred
- Apr 30, 2025
- Published
- Jun 4, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A purported AI-generated deepfake video reportedly impersonated Auckland University diabetes expert Dr. Rinki Murphy, depicting her in a TVNZ interview with journalist Jack Tame promoting a fake diabetes cure. The alleged scam video circulated on social media in April–June 2025, prompting concern that New Zealanders were deceived into stopping prescribed medications. Despite reporting the incident, new variants of the video reportedly continued to emerge.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- Rinki Murphy
- Jack Tame
- Diabetes patients
- Diabetes patients in New Zealand
- General public of New Zealand
Tags
- deepfake
- impersonation
- scam
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated deepfake video impersonating medical expert to promote harmful scam, causing potential health risks.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8