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Purported Deepfake of Brian May Allegedly Exploited in Scam Offering Fake Queen Backstage Tickets
- Occurred
- Sep 13, 2024
- Published
- Sep 15, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Scammers allegedly created an AI-generated deepfake of Queen guitarist Brian May, reportedly posting a video on TikTok in which the fake May offers backstage tickets to a Queen concert. The real Brian May reportedly warned fans about this "disgusting" scam, emphasizing that Queen has no tour dates planned and does not sell backstage access.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic media generation technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
- Synthetic video generation technology developers
Deployers
- Scammers
- Deepfake creators
- Scammers impersonating Brian May
Harmed parties
- TikTok users
- Queen (band) fans
- General public of the United Kingdom
- General public
- Epistemic integrity
- Brian May fans
- Financial scam victims
- Victims of deepfake-enabled fraud
Tags
- Deepfake
- Scam
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated deepfake used in a scam, causing financial harm but no physical injury or mass casualty.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8