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Uruguay's Most Cloned Faces: 4,000 Deepfake Scam Ads Impersonating the Central Bank Chief, dLocal's Founder, and Lecueder

Revelum detected nearly 4,000 fraudulent ads targeting Uruguay between January and July 2026, cloning the voice and image of public figures including Guillermo Tolosa, Sergio Fogel, and Carlos Lecueder. El Observador published the findings. The full data: who was targeted, how the script works, and how volume grew from 33 ads in January to 1,244 in June.

José Cordero·

World Cup, World Scam: The Deepfake Ads Impersonating Football's Biggest Names

Over the past 12 months, Revelum has detected thousands of deepfake scam ads impersonating football players, AI-generated videos that clone a star's face and voice to sell gambling apps and investment schemes they never endorsed. As the 2026 World Cup began, activity surged: Luis Díaz's daily ad rate jumped 413%, Neymar's 1,700%. This is what we found across six of the biggest names in the game.

José Cordero·

Revelum in the Media: The Forbes, Teleamazonas, and El Observador Investigations into Deepfake Fraud

Revelum's deepfake detection systems supplied the evidence behind two Forbes Colombia investigations, a Teleamazonas national-television investigation in Ecuador, and two El Observador reports in Uruguay, documenting scam campaigns that cloned David Vélez, Mario Hernández, Gustavo Petro, Shakira, Daniel Noboa, Guillermo Tolosa, Sergio Fogel, Carlos Lecueder, and President Yamandú Orsi.

Enrique Barco·
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