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incidents/AIR-2025-0182

Montana business defrauded in AI voice cloning scam impersonating owner

AI-enabled attack4 Confirmed real-world lossDeepfake fraudAI phishing / social engineering

Scammers used AI voice cloning to impersonate the owner of Montana store Sugar and Dice during a phone call. An employee was tricked into compromising financial details, leading to financial loss.

Details

type
AI-enabled attack
Attackers used AI as a meaningful part of a cyberattack against someone else.
categories
  • Deepfake fraudprimary
    Synthetic voice, video or images used to impersonate people for fraud, extortion or access.
  • AI phishing / social engineering
    Phishing, lures and social engineering produced or personalised at scale with AI.
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
Enterprise deployment, Individuals
products
AI voice cloning
incident date
4 Feb 2025
first reported
4 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-clone · deepfake · vishing · fraud
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-02-04
    AI Voice Scam Allegedly Defrauds Game and Coffee Store in Havre, Montana
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/922

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