2026-09-20T23:22:28.549Z
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Purportedly AI-Generated Videos Reportedly Impersonated Ghanaian President John Mahama to Solicit Money and Personal Data
Ghanaian media reported that an alleged online scam used AI-generated deepfake videos to impersonate President John Dramani Mahama and solicit money and personal information from members of the public. Police said the operation was linked to suspects in Ghana's Volta Region and involved fake social media accounts and digitally manipulated presidential imagery.
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- reported
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- Global
Reported occurrence date: 2026-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
Evidence & attribution
- AI Incident Database
- AI Incident Database · 2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
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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