National Anti Scam Centre (NASC).
Criminals scam Australian Individuals and businesses for billions every year.
Many of these Scams use fake information using celebrities names to falsely state how good and legitimate these scams are.
Scammers are creating fake news articles and deepfake videos to convince people that celebrities and well-known public figures are making huge sums of money using online investment trading platforms, when in fact it is a scam.
More at https://www.nasc.gov.au/news/its-a-scam-celebrities-are-not-getting-rich-from-online-investment-trading-platforms
The scams using Sam Kerr and David Koch are examples of this.
Prominent Australians are among those being misrepresented in “deepfake” online advertisements trying to scam people out of tens of thousands of dollars.
Altered images or videos of some of the nation’s richest people – among them Gina Rinehart, Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest, and Dick Smith – and popular television hosts are being used in online advertisements endorsing “investment” schemes that are responsible for stealing the life savings of hundreds of Australians, many of them elderly. https://nationalseniors.com.au/news/finance/beware-of-celebrity-scams
Australians reported losses to scams at about $2.74 billion in 2023.
The Scams using Elen Musk, Jeff Bezos, Sir David Attenborough and others are examples of various scams reported from the UK.
https://www.natwestgroup.com/…/top-scams-used-by-fraudsters-pretending-to-be-celebrities.html
The National Anti Scam Centre is uniting industry and government to fight back stronger.