DeepfakeHigh
Alleged Deepfake of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Promotes Cryptocurrency Scam in Fake Interview
- Occurred
- Dec 29, 2023
- Published
- Dec 29, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A deepfake video falsely depicted Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong promoting a cryptocurrency investment scam. Scammers used AI-generated voice cloning and manipulated footage from official events to create a convincing but fraudulent video interview with China Global Television Network. Lee warned the public and urged reporting through the ScamShield Bot.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Scammers impersonating Lee Hsien Loong
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- Lee Hsien Loong
- General public of Singapore
Tags
- Financial fraud
- Cryptocurrency investment scam
- Deepfake scam
- Singapore
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated voice cloning and manipulated footage used for cryptocurrency fraud constitutes a deepfake incident with significant financial harm potential.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8