{"id":227073,"date":"2026-06-05T20:19:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T00:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/ai-scams-use-fake-videos-to-impersonate-immigration-lawyer-nbc-6-south-florida\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T00:25:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T04:25:22","slug":"ai-scams-use-fake-videos-to-impersonate-immigration-lawyer-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/ai-scams-use-fake-videos-to-impersonate-immigration-lawyer-nbc-6-south-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"AI scams use fake videos to impersonate immigration lawyer \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/south-florida-immigration-lawyers-identity-cloned-with-artificial-intelligence\/3817579\/\">AI scams use fake videos to impersonate immigration lawyer \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/south-florida-immigration-lawyers-identity-cloned-with-artificial-intelligence\/3817579\/\">https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/south-florida-immigration-lawyers-identity-cloned-with-artificial-intelligence\/3817579\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-05 20:19:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.nbcmiami.com\">www.nbcmiami.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Immigration lawyer \u00c1ngel Leal is impersonated by criminals creating fake videos with his image, voice, and name to scam immigrants into paying for legal services.<\/li>\n<li>Scammers use these manipulated videos to lure vulnerable people, often preying on urgency or fake testimonials that suggest obtaining immigration benefits.<\/li>\n<li>The fraudulent schemes promise unrealistic outcomes like returning deported individuals and granting work permits, often showing fake ICE agents or police to intimidate victims.<\/li>\n<li>The impact of these scams extends beyond financial harm; some victims receive deportation orders unknowingly due to these scams.<\/li>\n<li>To combat the issue, Leal hired a company to combat digital piracy, which has taken down 6,454 fake profiles since March, and he is working with federal and local authorities.<\/li>\n<li>Leal and fraud experts advise verifying information directly with his office and avoiding payment methods like Zelle or Venmo for legal services, recommending credit cards instead.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI scams use fake videos to impersonate immigration lawyer \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/south-florida-immigration-lawyers-identity-cloned-with-artificial-intelligence\/3817579\/&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":227074,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.nbcmiami.com\/2026\/06\/48678739243-1080pnbcstations.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&resize=1200%2C675","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227073"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227073"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227075,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227073\/revisions\/227075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}