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.
- Date it happened
- 2026-05-01
- Organisation involved
- Wisdom James, Thomas Ayoyo, Scammers in West Africa, Scammers in Ghana, Scammers impersonating John Mahama, Scammers, Raphael Ablordeppey, Louis Segbawu, John Kofi Darlington, Edwin Edos, Dzamesi Brig
- Product, system or model
- Synthetic video generation technology, Synthetic media generation technology, Synthetic audio generation technology, Social media platforms, Deepfake technology, Image generation technology
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