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incidents/AIR-2025-0155

AI Voice Clone of Texas Woman Used in Distress Scam

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationDeepfake fraud

Criminals used an AI-generated voice clone of a Texas woman to call her brother in a fake accident distress scam. The intended victim avoided financial loss after verifying his sister's safety.

Details

type
AI-enabled attack
Attackers used AI as a meaningful part of a cyberattack against someone else.
categories
  • Deepfake fraud
    Synthetic voice, video or images used to impersonate people for fraud, extortion or access.
owasp llm top 10
no entry for these categories
mitre atlas
Both rows are derived from the type and categories (OWASP 2025 edition, ATLAS release 2026.09), not classified per record. How
severity
3 · Confirmed exploitation
Used against real targets; limited or unclear impact.
targets
Individuals
products
Synthetic Audio Generation
incident date
3 Apr 2025
first reported
3 Apr 2025
origin
AI Incident Database
Derived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
classifier confidence
0.95 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
voice-cloning · deepfake · fraud
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-04-03
    AI Voice Clone of Texas Woman Used in Distress Scam Targeting Brother in Port Neches
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1012

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