Several individuals have fallen victim to deepfake scams involving prominent figures like Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and a Cambodian tycoon. The scams have resulted in significant financial losses, with one man losing $12,000 and a Hong Kong businesswoman losing HK$41 million in separate incidents. YouTube has taken action to remove deepfake ads featuring Trudeau.
A “concerning and unacceptable” deepfake ad of Justin Trudeau has been removed by YouTube. Here’s what it showed. READ MORE: https://t.co/8HboFGPlk3 https://t.co/8HboFGPlk3
Justin Trudeau deepfake ad promoting ‘robot trader’ pulled off YouTube https://t.co/JMsakCUubh https://t.co/X1aNNDDjzO
A man has lost $12k after seeing this deepfake AI video of Justin Trudeau https://t.co/D75xTznR3g
A man lost $12K in a scam involving an AI deepfake video of Canadian PM Justin Trudeau https://t.co/dLKH6WJz4V
Hong Kong businesswoman loses HK$41 million in alleged cryptocurrency scam https://t.co/vHYfSYbS86
Toronto man loses life savings to Justin Trudeau deepfake cryptocurrency scam https://t.co/jfGNCI39nV https://t.co/ZsZk79T3zV
Ontario man loses $12K to deepfake scam involving Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "It had Justin Trudeau endorsing it, so I thought, ‘Well this has to be good.’” https://t.co/q7pMpQK3xs
A Cambodian tycoon has been arrested after she allegedly swindled investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars, the latest in a growing list of freewheeling elites accused of fraud. https://t.co/kYetOWKfbn