Incident #1570
Purported Deepfake Impersonating Dubai Crown Prince Reportedly Used to Defraud Filipino Domestic Worker
Description
A Filipino domestic worker identified as "Maria" reportedly paid ₱100,000 (about $1,625) after a scammer deployed purportedly manipulated real-time video to impersonate Dubai Crown Prince Hamdan bin Mohammed during WhatsApp calls. The scammer reportedly claimed the money was for a marriage certificate and "royal membership card" that would help her secure a job in Dubai. Maria reportedly ended contact after noticing that the Facebook account was based in Nigeria.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- scammers-in-nigeria
- scammers
- romance-scammers
- employment-scammers
- cybercriminals
- synthetic-media-creators
Alleged Developers
- synthetic-video-generation-technology-developers
- synthetic-media-generation-technology-developers
- deepfake-technology-developers
Harmed Parties
- whatsapp-users
- targets-of-scams-in-the-united-arab-emirates
- targets-of-scams
- targets-of-romance-scams
- targets-of-employment-scams
- social-media-users
- maria-(victim-of-dubai-prince-impersonation-scam)
- hamdan-bin-mohammed-al-maktoum
- facebook-users
- targets-of-fraudulent-professional-opportunities