Deepfake case study · Video
A woman in South Los Angeles deepfake (Aug 2025)
A woman was scammed out of $80,000 using a deepfake video of actor Steve Burton. Experts believe AI was used to clone Burton's voice and image.
- Incident date
- Aug 2025
- Target
- A woman in South Los Angeles
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
A woman was scammed out of $80,000 using a deepfake video of actor Steve Burton. Experts believe AI was used to clone Burton's voice and image.