Jul 1, 2025Confirmed
Deepfake video of Mark Carney reportedly used in nearly $1M crypto scam against Ontario retiree
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An Ontario retiree, Judy Skene, reportedly lost nearly $1 million after a Facebook ad with an alleged AI-generated deepfake video of Prime Minister Mark Carney led her into a cryptocurrency scam. Scammers reportedly persuaded her to liquidate retirement funds, mortgage her condo and take a credit-card cash advance.
What this means for youFake videos of well-known public figures can now look real enough to lure people into scams. Treat any online ad that promises investment returns using a famous person's face with suspicion, and check with a trusted person or the official source before sending money.
Sources
- AI Incident Databasehttps://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1532
Data from the AI Incident Database (incidentdatabase.ai), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. IAAI-21.
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