Purported Deepfake of Brian May Allegedly Exploited in Scam Offering Fake Queen Backstage Tickets
Description
Scammers allegedly created an AI-generated deepfake of Queen guitarist Brian May, reportedly posting a video on TikTok in which the fake May offers backstage tickets to a Queen concert. The real Brian May reportedly warned fans about this "disgusting" scam, emphasizing that Queen has no tour dates planned and does not sell backstage access.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- scammers
- deepfake-creators
- scammers-impersonating-brian-may
Alleged Developers
- deepfake-technology-developers
- synthetic-media-generation-technology-developers
- synthetic-audio-generation-technology-developers
- synthetic-video-generation-technology-developers
Harmed Parties
- tiktok-users
- queen-(band)-fans
- general-public-of-the-united-kingdom
- general-public
- epistemic-integrity
- brian-may-fans
- financial-scam-victims
- victims-of-deepfake-enabled-fraud
Classification
Risk Domain
Malicious Actors & MisuseRisk Subdomain
4.3. Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
MIT Risk Profile
Source
Related Incidents (Malicious Actors & Misuse)
View all →Female Students at Westfield High School in New Jersey Reportedly Targeted with Deepfake Nudes
Oct 2023
ChatGPT Was Alleged to Have Aided Planning of Florida State University Mass Shooting
Apr 2025
Ongoing Purported AI-Assisted Identity Fraud Enables Unauthorized Access to Western Companies by North Korean IT Workers
Research Papers on This Topic
How Johnny Can Persuade LLMs to Jailbreak Them: Rethinking Persuasion to Challenge AI Safety by Humanizing LLMs
AgentHarm: A Benchmark for Measuring Harmfulness of LLM Agents
Regulating ChatGPT and other Large Generative AI Models
Great, Now Write an Article About That: The Crescendo Multi-Turn LLM Jailbreak Attack