{
 "id": "AIR-2026-0369",
 "slug": "istanbul-fraud-network-used-ai-call-center-software-to-defra",
 "title": "Istanbul Fraud Network Used AI Call Center Software to Defraud Europeans",
 "summary": "A fraud network in Istanbul used AI-assisted software to impersonate officials and scam European residents out of substantial sums. Police raided the call center and arrested multiple suspects.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud",
  "ai_phishing_social_engineering"
 ],
 "severity": 4,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [
  "AI-assisted call center software"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2026-07-03",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2026-07-03",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1640",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Istanbul Fraud Network Reportedly Used AI-Assisted Call Center Software to Impersonate Officials and Defraud Europeans",
   "published_at": "2026-07-03"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.85,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "fraud",
  "voice_impersonation",
  "scam"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}