{
 "id": "AIR-2026-0400",
 "slug": "woman-loses-funds-in-deepfake-mrbeast-cryptocurrency-scam",
 "title": "Woman Loses Funds in Deepfake MrBeast Cryptocurrency Scam",
 "summary": "A Canadian victim lost fourteen thousand dollars after interacting with a social media cryptocurrency advertisement featuring a deepfake of a prominent creator. Police reported multiple fraudulent transfers to crypto wallets.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud"
 ],
 "severity": 4,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [
  "MrBeast Deepfake Ads"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2026-05-05",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2026-05-05",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1485",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Guelph, Ontario, Woman Reportedly Lost $14,000 in Purported Deepfake MrBeast Cryptocurrency Scam",
   "published_at": "2026-05-05"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.85,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake_fraud",
  "crypto_scam",
  "impersonation"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}