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incidents/AIR-2025-0011

Deepfake Video Campaign Impersonates Swedish Doctors in Fraud

AI-enabled attack4 Confirmed real-world lossDeepfake fraud

Fraudsters deployed AI-generated deepfake videos of well-known Swedish doctors in social media ads to promote fake health products. Victims were lured to fraudulent websites where card details were stolen and unauthorized charges incurred.

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
products
Deepfake Video Generation
incident date
9 Jun 2025
first reported
9 Jun 2025
origin
AI Incident Database
Derived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
classifier confidence
0.95 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
deepfake · financial-fraud · impersonation · social-media-ads
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-06-09
    Purported AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Reportedly Used in Swedish Scam Campaign Impersonating Doctors Agnes Wold and Anders Tegnell
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1242

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