Deepfake video impersonation used in Florida real estate fraud attempt
AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationDeepfake fraud
A scammer used deepfake video technology to impersonate a vacant lot owner during a Zoom call to execute a real estate fraud. The attempted financial transfer was nearly successful before being intercepted.
Details
- type
- AI-enabled attackAttackers used AI as a meaningful part of a cyberattack against someone else.
- categories
- Deepfake fraudSynthetic voice, video or images used to impersonate people for fraud, extortion or access.
- Deepfake fraud
- 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
- 3 · Confirmed exploitationUsed against real targets; limited or unclear impact.
- targets
- Individuals
- products
- Zoom
- incident date
- 19 Sep 2024
- first reported
- 19 Sep 2024
- origin
- AI Incident DatabaseDerived 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 · fraud · zoom · impersonation
- record
- created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json
Sources · 1
- 2024-09-19Deepfake Reportedly Used in Attempted Real Estate Fraud in Hallandale Beach, FloridaAI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/858
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