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incidents/AIR-2025-0132

Mother Targeted in Phone Scam Using AI Voice Cloning

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationDeepfake fraud

A Kentucky mother received a phone call where scammers used AI-generated voice cloning to impersonate her daughter in an attempted scam. The mother confirmed her daughter was safe and reported the incident.

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
voice cloning tool
incident date
29 Apr 2025
first reported
29 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
deepfake · voice-cloning · fraud
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-04-29
    Mother in Louisville, Kentucky Describes Phone Scam Involving Purported AI-Generated Voice of Her Daughter
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1045

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