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incidents/AIR-2025-0156

AI Voice Clone Used in Fake Kidnapping Scam Against Mother

AI-enabled attack4 Confirmed real-world lossDeepfake fraud

Scammers used an AI-generated voice clone simulating a woman's daughter to execute a fake kidnapping scam. The victim was coerced into wiring funds under duress.

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
4 · Confirmed real-world loss
Financial loss, PHI/PII breach, safety impact or regulatory action.
targets
Individuals
products
Synthetic Audio Generation
incident date
10 Feb 2025
first reported
10 Feb 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. 2025-02-10
    AI-Generated Voice Purporting to Be Daughter Allegedly Used to Coerce $2,000 from Colorado Mother
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1008

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