{
 "id": "AIR-2022-0036",
 "slug": "arizona-residents-target-of-ai-driven-romance-scams",
 "title": "Arizona Residents Target of AI-Driven Romance Scams",
 "summary": "Arizona residents suffered substantial financial losses due to AI-driven romance scams targeting senior citizens. FBI data highlighted millions of dollars lost to online fraud campaigns in the region.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "ai_phishing_social_engineering",
  "deepfake_fraud"
 ],
 "severity": 4,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [],
 "incident_date": "2022-01-01",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2022-01-01",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/946",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Arizona Residents Reportedly a Frequent Target of AI-Driven Romance Scams",
   "published_at": "2022-01-01"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.9,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "romance-scam",
  "fraud",
  "social-engineering"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}