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closedclosed 17 Apr 2025Breaches & attacks3 Confirmed exploitationAI

AI Voice Clone of Texas Woman Used in Distress Scam

Synthetic Audio Generation

Criminals used an AI-generated voice clone of a Texas woman to call her brother in a fake accident distress scam. The intended victim avoided financial loss after verifying his sister's safety.

first report
3 Apr 2025
last update
3 Apr 2025

Timeline · 1

  1. 3 Apr 2025AI Voice Clone of Texas Woman Used in Distress Scam Targeting Brother in Port Neches

Sources · 1

Research and catalogues

  1. 2025-04-03

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Classification

AI role
AI-enabled attack
categories
Deepfake fraud
severity
3 · Confirmed exploitation
targets
Individuals
owasp llm top 10
no entry for these categories
dates
happened 3 Apr 2025 · first reported 3 Apr 2025
origin
AI Incident Database
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record
confidence 0.95 · created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z

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# AI Voice Clone of Texas Woman Used in Distress Scam

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/ai-voice-clone-of-texas-woman-used-in-distress-scam · AIR-2025-0155 · closed 2025-04-17

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2025-04-03
- AI role: AI-enabled attack
- Products: Synthetic Audio Generation

## Summary

Criminals used an AI-generated voice clone of a Texas woman to call her brother in a fake accident distress scam. The intended victim avoided financial loss after verifying his sister's safety.

## What to do

No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory.

## Latest updates

- 2025-04-03: AI Voice Clone of Texas Woman Used in Distress Scam Targeting Brother in Port Neches (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1012)

## Sources

- 2025-04-03 AI Incident Database: AI Voice Clone of Texas Woman Used in Distress Scam Targeting Brother in Port Neches https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1012

Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.

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