Social Media Scammers Used Deepfakes of Taylor Swift and Several Other Celebrities in Fraudulent Le Creuset Cookware Giveaways
Description
Scammers reportedly made deepfakes of Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Joanna Gaines, Lainey Wilson, Ree Drummond, Oprah, Jennifer Lopez, Trisha Yearwood, Martha Stewart, and Blake Shelton promoting a Le Creuset giveaway. These AI-generated ads, appearing on Meta and TikTok, falsely claimed users could receive free cookware by paying a small shipping fee. Victims were unknowingly enrolled in a costly monthly subscription.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- scammers
Alleged Developers
- deepfake-technology-developers
Harmed Parties
- trisha-yearwood
- taylor-swift
- selena-gomez
- ree-drummond
- oprah
- martha-stewart
- le-creuset
- lainey-wilson
- joanna-gaines
- jennifer-lopez
- general-public
- fans
- blake-shelton
Classification
Risk Domain
Malicious Actors & MisuseRisk Subdomain
4.3. Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
MIT Risk Profile
Source
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