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incidents/AIR-2025-0005

Tbilisi Call Center Uses AI-Driven Scripts and Deepfakes in $35M Scam

AI-enabled attack4 Confirmed real-world lossDeepfake fraudAI phishing / social engineering

A call center operated an AI-assisted financial fraud scheme utilizing deepfake celebrity endorsements and persuasion scripts. Over 6,000 victims lost a total of $35 million to fake trading platforms.

Details

type
AI-enabled attack
Attackers used AI as a meaningful part of a cyberattack against someone else.
categories
  • Deepfake fraudprimary
    Synthetic voice, video or images used to impersonate people for fraud, extortion or access.
  • AI phishing / social engineering
    Phishing, lures and social engineering produced or personalised at scale with AI.
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
products
AI Scripting Tool, Deepfake Endorsements
incident date
5 Mar 2025
first reported
5 Mar 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
fraud · deepfake · call-center · financial-scam
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-03-05
    Tbilisi-Based Call Center Allegedly Uses AI-Driven Scripts to Defraud Over 6,000 Victims of $35 Million
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/962

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