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Facebook Account Reportedly Used AI-Generated Video to Impersonate Indonesian Preacher Ustaz Ujang Bustomi in Money-Giveaway Scam
- Occurred
- Nov 20, 2025
- Published
- Nov 21, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A Facebook account called "PT perusahaan uangtunai" reportedly shared an AI-generated video impersonating Indonesian preacher Ustaz Ujang Bustomi and allegedly claiming he was giving away money. TurnBackHoax reported that the post drew about 12,500 likes, 7,100 comments, and 422 shares by 11/21/2025, and that Hive Moderation rated the video as likely AI-generated.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- PT perusahaan uangtunai
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- General public of Indonesia
- Elderly individuals in Indonesia
- Epistemic integrity
- Ustaz Ujang Bustomi
- Facebook users
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated video used to impersonate a public figure for a scam, fitting deepfake definition with notable engagement but no reported physical harm.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8