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AI deepfakes in health product scams

The use of AI deepfakes to sell unproven or fraudulent health products by impersonating trusted clinicians and influencers.

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Jan 16, 2026
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How are AI deepfakes being used in health product scams and how can consumers detect them?

AI-generated deepfakes—video, audio and synthesized personas—are increasingly used to impersonate clinicians and medical experts to push bogus treatments and supplements, swindle purchases, and harves...

Jan 18, 2026
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How can consumers detect and report AI deepfake medical endorsements online?

AI-driven deepfakes are increasingly used to impersonate real doctors and hawk unproven medical products on social media and ad networks, creating a rising consumer safety problem that platforms and r...

Jan 16, 2026
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How have deepfakes been used in medical and health-related scams?

Deepfakes have been weaponized across healthcare to impersonate trusted clinicians, promote unproven products, manipulate medical images and carry out social‑engineering attacks that steal data or pre...

Jan 16, 2026

How are AI deepfakes used in medical scams and how can consumers spot them?

AI-generated deepfakes are being weaponized in medical scams to impersonate doctors, fabricate endorsements for bogus treatments, clone voices for fraud and to produce fake images or documents that pr...

Jan 15, 2026

How do AI deepfakes and fake endorsements operate in health‑product marketing, and how can consumers spot them?

AI deepfakes and fabricated endorsements are being weaponized to sell unproven or fraudulent health products by impersonating trusted clinicians and influencers, driving clicks and purchases through r...