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Hong Kong merchant deepfake (Feb 2025)
A Hong Kong merchant lost approximately US\$18.5 million in a deepfake scam where the perpetrator used AI-generated voice messages via WhatsApp to impersonate a mainland Chinese company's financial manager and…
- Incident date
- Feb 2025
- Target
- Hong Kong merchant
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
A Hong Kong merchant lost approximately US$18.5 million in a deepfake scam where the perpetrator used AI-generated voice messages via WhatsApp to impersonate a mainland Chinese company's financial manager and convince the victim to transfer funds for cryptocurrency mining equipment.