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A deepfake video of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney promoted a crypto platform promising 'risk-free' easy money
An AI-generated video ad showed Mark Carney, Canada's prime minister, recommending a crypto investment platform that promised easy, risk-free returns. Deborah Friesen, from Acton, Ontario, came across it while watching craft videos online, first invested CAD $13,000 in the fake platform, and after months of conversations with a scammer who earned her trust, ended up transferring another $70,000: a total loss of $83,000. "I couldn't stop crying," she told CTV News.
Why it's false: Mark Carney has never recorded any video promoting crypto investment platforms: it's an AI deepfake cloning his voice and likeness over real footage. Similar scams using the same synthetic Carney face have cost other Canadian victims even more, including an 86-year-old woman who lost over $900,000. No sitting prime minister endorses investment platforms through internet ads.
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