{
 "id": "AIR-2025-0008",
 "slug": "deepfake-investment-scam-impersonates-economist-david-rosenb",
 "title": "Deepfake Investment Scam Impersonates Economist David Rosenberg",
 "summary": "Fraudsters utilized AI-generated likenesses and social media ads to impersonate economist David Rosenberg in a fraudulent investment scheme. Victims suffered significant financial losses exceeding $500,000.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud",
  "ai_phishing_social_engineering"
 ],
 "severity": 4,
 "targets": [
  "Meta",
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [
  "Facebook",
  "Instagram",
  "WhatsApp"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2025-04-15",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2025-04-15",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1115",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Alleged Deepfake Investment Scam Uses Economist David Rosenberg's Likeness on Meta Platforms",
   "published_at": "2025-04-15"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.95,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "investment-scam",
  "impersonation"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}