Purported AI-Generated Inland Revenue Scam Ads Reportedly Impersonated New Zealand Commissioner Peter Mersi in Alleged Fake Crypto Tax Webinar
Description
New Zealand Inland Revenue warned that scammers used a purported AI-generated likeness of Commissioner Peter Mersi with alleged false Inland Revenue branding, as well as misleading social media ads, to promote an allegedly fake webinar on crypto tax changes. The campaign allegedly sought to trick people into disclosing personal information.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- unknown-advertisers
- scammers
Alleged Developers
- deepfake-technology-developers
- generative-ai-developers
- synthetic-image-generation-technology-developers
Harmed Parties
- social-media-users-in-new-zealand
- peter-mersi
- new-zealand-taxpayers
- new-zealand-inland-revenue
- general-public-of-new-zealand
- general-public
- epistemic-integrity
Classification
Risk Domain
Malicious Actors & MisuseRisk Subdomain
4.3. Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
MIT Risk Profile
Source
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