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closedclosed 23 Jul 2025Breaches & attacks4 Confirmed real-world lossAI

AI Voice Clone Used in Bond Scam Targeting Florida Couple

Voice Cloning Software

Perpetrators used an AI-generated voice clone of a couple's daughter to impersonate her during a phone call and demand bond money. The victims suffered financial loss after transferring funds based on the synthesized audio.

first report
9 Jul 2025
last update
9 Jul 2025

Timeline · 1

  1. 9 Jul 2025Purportedly AI-Cloned Voice of Daughter Used in Elaborate Bond Scam Targeting Retired Couple in Hillsborough County, Florida

Sources · 1

Research and catalogues

  1. 2025-07-09

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Classification

AI role
AI-enabled attack
categories
Deepfake fraud
severity
4 · Confirmed real-world loss
targets
Individuals
owasp llm top 10
no entry for these categories
dates
happened 9 Jul 2025 · first reported 9 Jul 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 Used in Bond Scam Targeting Florida Couple

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/ai-voice-clone-used-in-bond-scam-targeting-florida-couple · AIR-2025-0122 · closed 2025-07-23

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 4 (Confirmed real-world loss)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2025-07-09
- AI role: AI-enabled attack
- Products: Voice Cloning Software

## Summary

Perpetrators used an AI-generated voice clone of a couple's daughter to impersonate her during a phone call and demand bond money. The victims suffered financial loss after transferring funds based on the synthesized audio.

## What to do

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

## Latest updates

- 2025-07-09: Purportedly AI-Cloned Voice of Daughter Used in Elaborate Bond Scam Targeting Retired Couple in Hillsborough County, Florida (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1217)

## Sources

- 2025-07-09 AI Incident Database: Purportedly AI-Cloned Voice of Daughter Used in Elaborate Bond Scam Targeting Retired Couple in Hillsborough County, Florida https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1217

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

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