{
 "id": "AIR-2022-0037",
 "slug": "yahoo-boys-scammers-deploy-real-time-deepfakes-in-video-call",
 "title": "Yahoo Boys scammers deploy real-time deepfakes in video call romance scams",
 "summary": "Nigerian fraud rings reportedly adopted real-time face-swapping deepfakes during live video calls to impersonate attractive identities. Victims were manipulated into believing their romantic partners were real, leading to significant financial losses.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud",
  "ai_phishing_social_engineering"
 ],
 "severity": 4,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [
  "Face-swapping deepfake software"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2022-05-01",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2022-05-01",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/911",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Yahoo Boys Allegedly Employ Real-Time Deepfake Technology in Romance Scams",
   "published_at": "2022-05-01"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.9,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "face-swap",
  "romance-scam",
  "fraud"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}