{
 "id": "AIR-2026-0404",
 "slug": "scammers-extort-washington-man-using-ai-generated-voice-of-d",
 "title": "Scammers Extort Washington Man Using AI-Generated Voice of Daughter",
 "summary": "Scammers utilized an AI-generated voice clone to trick a Washington state resident into wiring 13,000 dollars in a staged kidnapping scheme. The victim was kept on the phone for hours before bank staff and police intervened.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud"
 ],
 "severity": 4,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [],
 "incident_date": "2026-03-23",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2026-03-23",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1482",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Purported AI-Generated Voice Reportedly Impersonated Washington Man's Daughter in $13,000 Extortion Scam",
   "published_at": "2026-03-23"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.95,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "voice-cloning",
  "extortion",
  "fraud"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}