DeepfakeHigh
Online Scammers Tricked People into Sending Money Using AI Images of Earthquake in Turkey
- Occurred
- Feb 10, 2023
- Published
- Feb 14, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
AI-generated images depicting earthquakes and rescues were posted on social media platforms by scammers who tricked people into sending funds to their crypto wallets disguised as donation links for the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake.
Developers
- Unknown
Deployers
- Unknown
Harmed parties
- Social media users
- 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake victims
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: Scammers used AI-generated images to deceive victims into sending money, constituting synthetic media fraud with financial harm.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8