AI incident #1526 ·
Reddit Scam Ads Reportedly Used Deepfake News Segments and Cloned Media Sites to Promote Allegedly Fake AI Investment Platforms
What happened
Sponsored Reddit ads reportedly impersonated the BBC, Financial Times, and The Guardian to promote purportedly fake AI investment platforms including Wencoin STX, Warrior Coin AI, and Nevo Coin. The campaign allegedly dressed the scam as legitimate financial journalism, using cloned publisher pages and deepfake-style news footage to pressure users into sharing contact details and making deposits.
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News reports (2)
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Who was involved
- Alleged deployer
- Scammers, Investment Scam Operators, Malvertising Actors, Reddit Ad Buyers, Cloned News Site Operators
- Alleged developer
- Deepfake Technology Developers, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Video Generation Technology Developers
- Alleged harmed party
- Reddit Users, People Targeted By Financial Scams, Prospective Investors, Bbc, The Guardian, Financial Times, Epistemic Integrity, Victims Of Deepfake Enabled Fraud, People Targeted For Personal Data Theft
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