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incidents/AIR-2023-0023

Voice Deepfake Targets Bank in Failed Transfer Scam

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationDeepfake fraud

Scammers used an AI-generated voice deepfake to impersonate an investor and trick a Bank of America representative into transferring funds. The unauthorized transaction attempt was unsuccessful.

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, Enterprise deployment
products
Bank of America
incident date
30 Aug 2023
first reported
30 Aug 2023
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 · banking-scam
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2023-08-30
    Voice deepfake targets bank in failed transfer scam
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/564

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