{
 "id": "AIR-2024-0031",
 "slug": "south-korean-ring-allegedly-used-deepfake-identities-in-scam",
 "title": "South Korean Ring Allegedly Used Deepfake Identities in Scam",
 "summary": "Fraudsters deployed synthetic video and audio to deceive victims into travel and romance scams, netting around one million dollars. The suspects were subsequently arrested by authorities in Vietnam.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud"
 ],
 "severity": 4,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [],
 "incident_date": "2024-08-01",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2024-08-01",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1291",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "South Korean Fraud Ring Allegedly Used Deepfake Identities to Traffic Victims into Cambodia Scam Operations",
   "published_at": "2024-08-01"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.85,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "romance-scam",
  "fraud",
  "human-trafficking"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}