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incidents/AIR-2025-0138

Chicago Veteran Loses $10,000 in Deepfake Elon Musk Crypto Scam

AI-enabled attack4 Confirmed real-world lossDeepfake fraud

A veteran lost $10,000 to a cryptocurrency scam that employed AI voice cloning and fake profiles impersonating Elon Musk. The fraud involved multiple deepfake audio files and deceptive text messages.

Details

type
AI-enabled attack
Attackers used AI as a meaningful part of a cyberattack against someone else.
categories
  • Deepfake fraud
    Synthetic voice, video or images used to impersonate people for fraud, extortion or access.
owasp llm top 10
no entry for these categories
mitre atlas
Both rows are derived from the type and categories (OWASP 2025 edition, ATLAS release 2026.09), not classified per record. How
severity
4 · Confirmed real-world loss
Financial loss, PHI/PII breach, safety impact or regulatory action.
targets
Individuals
incident date
7 Jul 2025
first reported
7 Jul 2025
origin
AI Incident Database
Derived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
classifier confidence
0.90 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
deepfake · voice-cloning · crypto-fraud
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-07-07
    Chicago Veteran Reportedly Loses $10,000 in Purported Deepfake Cryptocurrency Fraud Posing as Elon Musk
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1142

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