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Fraudsters Use Deepfake Video of Tim Cook to Promote Apple Crypto Scam on YouTube
- Occurred
- Sep 7, 2022
- Published
- Sep 9, 2022
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Fraudsters repurposed an old interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook using AI or video editing to promote a fake crypto event on YouTube. The altered video was designed to mislead viewers into believing Tim Cook endorsed a new cryptocurrency scheme. The stream attracted tens of thousands of viewers, potentially exposing them to the scam before it was removed for violating YouTube’s terms of service.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
Deployers
- Scammers
- Deepfake creators
Harmed parties
- Tim Cook
- Apple
- YouTube viewers
- Cryptocurrency investors
- General public
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated video impersonating Tim Cook to deceive viewers into a crypto scam constitutes deepfake fraud with significant financial harm potential.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8