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Alleged Deepfake of Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong Falsely Shows Him Endorsing Commercial Products
- Occurred
- Dec 11, 2023
- Published
- Dec 12, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A deepfake video falsely depicting Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong endorsing commercial products circulated online in December 2023. Wong publicly denied the endorsement, warning that scammers had used AI-generated deepfake technology to impersonate him. The manipulated media aimed to mislead the public into believing he promoted fraudulent investments. Wong urged vigilance against AI-driven scams and encouraged reporting through the ScamShield Bot on WhatsApp.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Scammers impersonating Lawrence Wong
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- Lawrence Wong
- General public of Singapore
Tags
- Financial fraud
- Investment scam
- Impersonation
- Deepfake scam
- Singapore
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Deepfake video impersonating a government official for fraud, causing public concern but no physical harm or mass casualties.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8