{
 "id": "AIR-2026-0415",
 "slug": "ai-voice-cloning-used-in-missouri-kidnapping-ransom-scam",
 "title": "AI Voice Cloning Used in Missouri Kidnapping Ransom Scam",
 "summary": "Scammers used an AI-generated voice clone to impersonate a resident's daughter in a fake kidnapping ransom call. Authorities located the daughter safely with no financial loss.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud"
 ],
 "severity": 3,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [
  "Voice cloning tool"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2026-07-17",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2026-07-17",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1615",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Scammers Allegedly Used AI-Generated Voice in Boone County, Missouri, Kidnapping Ransom Scam",
   "published_at": "2026-07-17"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.9,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "voice-cloning",
  "extortion",
  "deepfake"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}