{
 "id": "AIR-2026-0390",
 "slug": "northern-ireland-victim-lost-250-000-in-investment-scam-usin",
 "title": "Northern Ireland Victim Lost £250,000 in Investment Scam Using AI-Generated Video",
 "summary": "A victim lost £250,000 in an investment scam initiated by an AI-generated deepfake video of a financial personality. Scammers directed the victim to WhatsApp, remote computer access tools, and escalating payments.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud"
 ],
 "severity": 4,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [
  "Synthetic Video Generation"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2026-09-07",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2026-09-07",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1712",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Northern Ireland Victim Reportedly Lost £250,000 in Investment Scam Using Purportedly AI-Generated Video of Unnamed Financial Personality",
   "published_at": "2026-09-07"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.9,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "investment_scam",
  "financial_fraud"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}