2026-09-20T23:22:28.549Z
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SOURCE-LINKED INTELLIGENCE
Online Scammers Tricked People into Sending Money Using AI Images of Earthquake in Turkey
AI-generated images depicting earthquakes and rescues were posted on social media platforms by scammers who tricked people into sending funds to their crypto wallets disguised as donation links for the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake.
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- incident-report
- evidenceStatus
- reported
- region
- Global
Reported occurrence date: 2023-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
Evidence & attribution
- AI Incident Database
- AI Incident Database · 2023-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.
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