{
 "id": "AIR-2026-0388",
 "slug": "journalist-safiria-leccese-impersonated-in-ai-deepfake-loan",
 "title": "Journalist Safiria Leccese Impersonated in AI Deepfake Loan Scam",
 "summary": "Scammers used AI-generated video and fake social media profiles impersonating an Italian journalist to promote a personal loan scam. Several people were deceived before the profiles were blocked.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud"
 ],
 "severity": 3,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [
  "Super Partes deepfake profiles"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2026-05-31",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2026-05-31",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1508",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Italian Mediaset Journalist Safiria Leccese's Image Was Reportedly Used in a Purportedly AI-Generated Fake Loan Scam",
   "published_at": "2026-05-31"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.95,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "fraud",
  "impersonation"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}