AI Incident Database: Purported Deepfake Investment Video Reportedly Used in Scam That Defrauded Turkish Couple of 1.5 Million Lira (~$35,000 USD)
İsa Kereci and Hale Kereci, a married couple in Samsun, Turkey, reportedly lost 1.5 million lira after being deceived by an alleged AI-generated investment video on Facebook. The scammers allegedly used the video to build credibility and then guided them through staged "investment" steps, including screen sharing, fees, forced loans, and unauthorized bank and credit card transfers. The couple filed a criminal complaint, reporting severe financial harm and significant emotion…
AI Incident Database · Incident 1319Operator lens (high): inspect D2 (output validation), D3 (data handling), D7 (tool permissions).
Event summary
İsa Kereci and Hale Kereci, a married couple in Samsun, Turkey, reportedly lost 1.5 million lira after being deceived by an alleged AI-generated investment video on Facebook. The scammers allegedly used the video to build credibility and then guided them through staged "investment" steps, including screen sharing, fees, forced loans, and unauthorized bank and credit card transfers. The couple filed a criminal complaint, reporting severe financial harm and significant emotion…
Linked entities
- deepfake-technology-developers
organisation | 70%
- synthetic-audio-generation-technology-developers
organisation | 70%
- scammers
organisation | 70%
- isa-kereci
organisation | 70%
- investors
organisation | 70%
- hale-kereci
organisation | 70%
- general-public-of-turkey
organisation | 70%
- general-public
organisation | 70%
- epistemic-integrity
organisation | 70%
Related graph edges
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| ent-aiid-deepfake-technology-developers to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-deepfake-technology-developers to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-deepfake-technology-developers to ent-psf-d2 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-deepfake-technology-developers to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-deepfake-technology-developers to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-deepfake-technology-developers to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-deepfake-technology-developers to ent-psf-d7 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-deepfake-technology-developers to ent-psf-d7 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-deepfake-technology-developers to ent-psf-d7 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-deepfake-technology-developers to ent-psf-d1 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-deepfake-technology-developers to ent-psf-d1 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-deepfake-technology-developers to ent-psf-d1 | maps to | 60% |