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Chinese Businessman Reportedly Defrauded of 4.3 Million Yuan by AI-Generated Deepfake Impersonating Friend
- Occurred
- Apr 15, 2023
- Published
- May 24, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A scammer in China used AI-generated deepfake technology to impersonate a businessman’s trusted friend in a video call, convincing him to transfer 4.3 million yuan ($612,000). The fraudster mimicked the friend’s face and voice, claiming another associate needed funds for a business transaction. Without verifying the transfer, the victim sent the money. He later realized the deception and contacted police, who managed to recover 3.4 million yuan.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Scammers impersonating friend of Guo
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- Guo (surname of deepfake scam victim)
- Friend of Guo (surname of deepfake scam victim)
- General public of China
Tags
- Financial fraud
- Deepfake scam
- Impersonation
- Fuzhou
- China
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated deepfake used for fraud causing significant financial loss.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8