{
 "id": "AIR-2024-0006",
 "slug": "new-zealand-resident-defrauded-using-prime-minister-deepfake",
 "title": "New Zealand Resident Defrauded Using Prime Minister Deepfake Video",
 "summary": "Scammers utilized an AI-generated video of the New Zealand Prime Minister on Facebook to promote a fake cryptocurrency investment scheme. The victim lost substantial funds after scammers gained remote computer access.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud"
 ],
 "severity": 4,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [
  "Facebook"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2024-07-15",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2024-07-15",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/907",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Taranaki, New Zealand Resident Allegedly Defrauded of $224K in Bitcoin Scam Using Deepfake of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon",
   "published_at": "2024-07-15"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.95,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "crypto-scam",
  "financial-fraud",
  "facebook"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}