Nikki MacLeod, a 77-year-old from Edinburgh, was scammed out of £17,000 by a fraudster posing as a woman named Alla Morgan using AI-generated deepfake videos. Despite initial skepticism, MacLeod was convinced by fake video messages that the person was real and in a romantic relationship with her. After sending multiple payments, the scam was uncovered by her bank. Experts warn about the dangers of deepfake technology in online scams, highlighting the difficulty of detecting these sophisticated frauds.