{
 "id": "AIR-2025-0126",
 "slug": "new-zealand-fma-flags-deepfake-pump-and-dump-scam-network",
 "title": "New Zealand FMA Flags Deepfake Pump-and-Dump Scam Network",
 "summary": "Scammers used deepfake videos of prominent business leaders in social media ads to lure victims into fraudulent investment groups. Investors suffered financial losses through fake stock purchases and subsequent recovery scams.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud"
 ],
 "severity": 4,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [
  "Meta AI ads"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2025-08-19",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2025-08-19",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1227",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "New Zealand Financial Markets Authority (FMA), Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko, Reportedly Flags Purported Deepfake Pump-and-Dump Network Using Social Media Ads",
   "published_at": "2025-08-19"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.95,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "fraud",
  "pump-and-dump",
  "social-media"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}