DeepfakeHigh
Purported AI-Generated Videos Impersonating President of Malta Myriam Spiteri Debono Circulate on Social Media in Alleged Crypto Scam Campaigns
- Occurred
- Feb 12, 2025
- Published
- Feb 12, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
The Office of the President of Malta issued a public warning about purported deepfake videos and fabricated images impersonating President Myriam Spiteri Debono. The alleged AI-generated content was reportedly used to promote fraudulent financial schemes, primarily involving cryptocurrency, across social media platforms.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
Deployers
- Unknown scammers impersonating Myriam Spiteri Debono
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- Myriam Spiteri Debono
- Office of the President of Malta
- General public of Malta
Tags
- deepfake
- impersonation
- financial fraud
- crypto scam
- social engineering
- social media
- Malta
- public trust
- reputational harm
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated impersonation of a head of state used in financial fraud constitutes a serious deepfake incident with significant harm potential.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8