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Romance Scammer 'Alla Morgan' Allegedly Exploits Deepfake Technology to Defraud Victim of £17,000
- Occurred
- Dec 19, 2024
- Published
- Jan 14, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A scammer, or scammers, reportedly used AI-generated deepfake videos and documents to impersonate a fictitious person named "Alla Morgan," allegedly convincing a 77-year-old woman, Nikki MacLeod, to send £17,000 through various payment methods. The deepfakes were allegedly used in establishing credibility so as to enable fraud under the pretense of an online romantic relationship.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
Deployers
- Alla Morgan
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- Nikki MacLeod
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Deepfake technology used to impersonate a person and defraud a victim of significant financial loss.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8