AI Incident Database - Incident 1142
Source evidence cited by public records. This page shows where the source is used, its trust tier, and when it was last checked in the seed.
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- deepfake-technology-developers
entity | 4 July 2026 | 70%
deepfake-technology-developers - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- scammers
entity | 4 July 2026 | 70%
scammers - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- synthetic-audio-generation-technology-developers
entity | 4 July 2026 | 70%
synthetic-audio-generation-technology-developers - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- cryptocurrency-investors
entity | 16 June 2026 | 70%
cryptocurrency-investors - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- unknown-scammer-impersonating-elon-musk
entity | 23 Nov 2025 | 70%
unknown-scammer-impersonating-elon-musk - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- richard-lyons
entity | 8 July 2025 | 70%
richard-lyons - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- Chicago Veteran Reportedly Loses $10,000 in Purported Deepfake Cryptocurrency Fraud Posing as Elon Musk
event | 8 July 2025 | 78%
A Chicago-area Vietnam War veteran, Richard Lyons, reportedly lost $10,000 to a cryptocurrency scam that used purported AI voice cloning and fake social media profiles to impersonate Elon Musk. The fraudster allegedly convinced Lyons to invest in bogus cryptocurrency opportunities using fake voice memos, images, and spoofed caller IDs showing "Elon Musk." The scam reportedly involved dozens of messages and deepfake audio files that reinforced the impersonation.