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incidents/AIR-2024-0015

Deepfake videos used to defraud Canadian immigrants out of money

AI-enabled attack4 Confirmed real-world lossDeepfake fraud

Scammers used deepfake videos on WhatsApp to impersonate an immigration lawyer and defraud vulnerable individuals. The scheme successfully extracted thousands of dollars from victims seeking legal services.

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
24 Nov 2024
first reported
24 Nov 2024
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 · fraud · whatsapp
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2024-11-24
    Deepfake Videos Allegedly Used to Defraud Canadian Immigrants Out of Thousands of Dollars
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/876

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