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Deepfake of Bermuda Premier David Burt Promotes Investment Scam Using Royal Gazette Branding

AI Incident Database · article · Apr 6, 2025 · UTC

The Government of Bermuda warned the public about a deepfake video circulating on Facebook that falsely portrayed Premier David Burt promoting a government investment scheme. The deepfake video reportedly mimicked the branding of The Royal Gazette and was linked to fraudulent social media accounts. Authorities confirmed the content was fake and urged the public to report such scams and to be vigilant about them.

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incident-report
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reported
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Global

Reported occurrence date: 2025-04-05T00:00:00.000Z

Evidence & attribution

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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