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incidents/AIR-2025-0173

Deepfake Videos Use AI Voice Clone of Singapore PM to Promote Scams

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationDeepfake fraud

Scammers used AI-generated deepfake videos and voice clones of Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong to promote financial scams on social media. The Prime Minister issued a public warning urging citizens to avoid engaging with the fraudulent content.

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
3 · Confirmed exploitation
Used against real targets; limited or unclear impact.
targets
Individuals
incident date
7 Mar 2025
first reported
7 Mar 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 · voice-clone · crypto-scam
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-03-07
    Deepfake Videos Allegedly Use AI-Generated Voice Clone of Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong to Promote Scams
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/984

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