{
 "id": "AIR-2024-0041",
 "slug": "scammers-target-u-s-widows-with-artificial-patriot-scams-usi",
 "title": "Scammers Target U.S. Widows with Artificial Patriot Scams Using AI Imagery",
 "summary": "Scammers utilized AI-generated images and fabricated military profiles to trick vulnerable individuals into romance scams. Victims were persuaded to send money through untraceable methods based on the generated personas.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud",
  "ai_phishing_social_engineering"
 ],
 "severity": 3,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [],
 "incident_date": "2024-11-21",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2024-11-21",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/912",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Yahoo Boys and Scammers from Morocco Allegedly Target U.S. Widows and Vulnerable Individuals with 'Artificial Patriot' Scams",
   "published_at": "2024-11-21"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.85,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "romance-scam",
  "deepfake",
  "fraud"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}