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incidents/AIR-2025-0079

Facebook Post Used AI-Generated Video of Preacher for Money Scam

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationDeepfake fraud

Fraudsters shared an AI-generated video on Facebook impersonating an Indonesian preacher to run a false money-giveaway scam. The post gained thousands of interactions before being flagged.

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
20 Nov 2025
first reported
20 Nov 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 · video-impersonation · social-media · fraud
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-11-20
    Facebook Account Reportedly Used AI-Generated Video to Impersonate Indonesian Preacher Ustaz Ujang Bustomi in Money-Giveaway Scam
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1483

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