Deepfake celebrity investment ads

A paid ad shows a famous person recommending an investment platform. The video is synthetic, and the landing page often copies a real news site.

What it looks like

How it usually ends

The video was a deepfake of a real public figure, run as a paid ad.

Red flags

• Face and voice show synthesis artefacts
• Advertiser account unrelated to the person
• Landing page cloned from a news site

A real case

In 2025 Italy’s regulator CONSOB blocked clone sites using fake videos of PM Giorgia Meloni and a minister to promote the “Avenixio” trading platforms.

What to do

• Public figures don’t give investment tips in ads.
• Look for the original source and independent reporting.
• Being on a large platform doesn’t verify an ad.

Could you spot it in the moment?

In Painted Sky you’re born at random somewhere on Earth and live a whole life — and this scam is one of the fakes that can find you. Make the call yourself, then replay the same life with a lens that shows what was fake.

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