aceFor scammers, the deepfake is now a working tool
OVER about a year, a dentist in Tarlac handed P93 million to people she believed were working with the president. What convinced her was a video. On screen, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. looked to be endorsing the investment himself, his face and voice convincing enough that she believed it. But none of it was real. The video was a deepfake, made with artificial intelligence (AI). In October 2025, police arrested two suspects in Angeles City, Pampanga.
An AI-made deepfake video that appeared to show the president endorsing an investment convinced a Tarlac dentist to hand over P93 million to scammers over about a year.
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- JournalismThe Manila Times2026-10-17
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Truvace Impact Record TRV-2026-1780, v1: “For scammers, the deepfake is now a working tool.” Truvace, 2026-10-18. /record/TRV-2026-1780 (accessed at citation time). sha256 275dfda3a38f8cfa…
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