{
 "id": "AIR-2024-0009",
 "slug": "scammers-target-school-community-members-with-ai-voice-cloni",
 "title": "Scammers Target School Community Members with AI Voice Cloning Kidnapping Scam",
 "summary": "Fraudsters employed AI voice cloning technology to impersonate family members in fraudulent kidnapping extortion phone calls. The cyber-enabled social engineering scheme targeted multiple members of a public school community.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud",
  "ai_phishing_social_engineering"
 ],
 "severity": 3,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [
  "voice cloning software"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2024-09-25",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2024-09-25",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/947",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Two Members of Highline Public Schools Community in King County, Washington Reportedly Targeted in Deepfake Kidnapping Scam",
   "published_at": "2024-09-25"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.9,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "voice-cloning",
  "deepfake",
  "extortion",
  "social-engineering"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}