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incidents/AIR-2025-0105

Florida Couple Loses Money in Deepfake Elon Musk Scam

AI-enabled attack4 Confirmed real-world lossDeepfake fraud

Scammers impersonated Elon Musk using synthetic video and social engineering to run a fraudulent giveaway. Victims transferred forty-five thousand dollars before realizing the scheme was fake.

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
15 Dec 2025
first reported
15 Dec 2025
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 · elon-musk · financial-fraud · impersonation
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-12-15
    Florida Couple Reportedly Loses $45,000 in Alleged AI-Generated Elon Musk Impersonation Scam
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1306

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