{
  "id": 13127,
  "url": "https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/ai-deepfake-romance-scam-impersonating-dubai-prince-steals-womans-savings",
  "title": "AI deepfake romance scam impersonating Dubai prince steals woman's savings",
  "summary": "Romance scammers have become extremely bold, using deepfake technology to impersonate royalty and ensnare new victims. Key takeaways Scammer used AI-generated video calls to impersonate Dubai's Crown Prince and build trust with victims. ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1570#7545)",
  "authors": null,
  "category": "incident",
  "topics": "misinformation",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "middle-east",
  "published_at": "2026-07-22T00:00:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-25T05:10:48.796Z",
  "source_slug": "aiid",
  "source_name": "AI Incident Database",
  "source_homepage": "https://incidentdatabase.ai",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13127",
  "original_url": "https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/ai-deepfake-romance-scam-impersonating-dubai-prince-steals-womans-savings",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}