Scammers deployed an AI-generated video of a fictional amputee priest named Father Mateus to solicit donations for prosthetics through Meta platforms, exploiting religious trust and disability-related urgency. The sophisticated campaign targeted Catholic donors in Brazil via a Facebook page called "Short Walk," created on August 18, 2026, and routed contributions to a corporate account in Florianópolis under the name Gestão Solidar Digital LTDA.
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