{
 "id": "AIR-2025-0166",
 "slug": "ai-assisted-romance-scam-defrauds-victim-of-nz-375-000",
 "title": "AI-Assisted Romance Scam Defrauds Victim of NZ$375,000",
 "summary": "Scammers utilized AI-generated voice messages and deceptive texts to impersonate a celebrity over two years. The multi-year fraud resulted in a financial loss of NZ$375,000 for the victim.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud",
  "ai_phishing_social_engineering"
 ],
 "severity": 4,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [
  "AI voice generation tools"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2025-02-01",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2025-02-01",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/938",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Purportedly AI-Assisted Impersonation of Martin Henderson in Romance Scam Leads to Reported NZ$375,000 Fraud",
   "published_at": "2025-02-01"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.9,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "romance_scam",
  "deepfake_voice",
  "fraud"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}