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Aspiring Artist Cherelle Kozak Reportedly Targeted by AI-Powered Impersonation of Rapper Fat Joe
- Occurred
- Jan 5, 2025
- Published
- Apr 18, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
An aspiring artist in Austin, Texas, Cherelle Kozak, was targeted by a scammer using AI-generated video and voice to impersonate rapper Fat Joe. The impersonator appeared on a call, encouraged her to upload music for supposed radio play, and then demanded payment. Kozak did not comply. The scam closely resembled one that Fat Joe publicly warned about on January 5, 2025.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Unknown scammers impersonating Fat Joe
Harmed parties
- Cherelle Kozak
- Fat Joe
- Fans of Fat Joe
- General public
Tags
- Deepfake
- Voice cloning
- Impersonation scam
- Financial fraud
- Identity misuse
- Fraud attempt
- Emotional manipulation
- Video call
- Failed scam attempt
- Texas
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated voice and video used for impersonation scam targeting an individual.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8