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incidents/AIR-2025-0110

Scammer Uses AI Voice Clone of Meteorologist in Facebook Fraud Attempt

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationDeepfake fraud

A scammer impersonated a local television meteorologist using an AI voice clone to send fraudulent requests for money on Facebook. The station issued a public warning and urged viewers to report the fake account.

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
Facebook
incident date
18 Jun 2025
first reported
18 Jun 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 · social-media-fraud
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-06-18
    Scammer Reportedly Used AI Voice Clone of WCPO Cincinnati Meteorologist in Facebook Fraud Attempts
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1112

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