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incidents/AIR-2024-0002

Mumbai Businessman Defrauded via AI Voice Cloning Impersonation

AI-enabled attack4 Confirmed real-world lossDeepfake fraud

A Mumbai businessman was defrauded of money after scammers used AI voice cloning to impersonate his son in distress. The victim transferred funds before discovering it was a scam.

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
incident date
30 Mar 2024
first reported
30 Mar 2024
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 · fraud · deepfake
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2024-03-30
    Mumbai Businessman Reportedly Defrauded via Purported AI-Cloned Voice Impersonating Son
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1053

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