{
 "id": "AIR-2024-0015",
 "slug": "deepfake-videos-used-to-defraud-canadian-immigrants-out-of-m",
 "title": "Deepfake videos used to defraud Canadian immigrants out of money",
 "summary": "Scammers used deepfake videos on WhatsApp to impersonate an immigration lawyer and defraud vulnerable individuals. The scheme successfully extracted thousands of dollars from victims seeking legal services.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud"
 ],
 "severity": 4,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [],
 "incident_date": "2024-11-24",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2024-11-24",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/876",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Deepfake Videos Allegedly Used to Defraud Canadian Immigrants Out of Thousands of Dollars",
   "published_at": "2024-11-24"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.9,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "fraud",
  "whatsapp"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}