AI Voice Clone Used in Fake Kidnapping Scam Against Mother

# AI Voice Clone Used in Fake Kidnapping Scam Against Mother

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/ai-voice-clone-used-in-fake-kidnapping-scam-against-mother · AIR-2025-0156 · closed 2025-02-24

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 4 (Confirmed real-world loss)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2025-02-10
- AI role: AI-enabled attack
- Products: Synthetic Audio Generation

## Summary

Scammers used an AI-generated voice clone simulating a woman's daughter to execute a fake kidnapping scam. The victim was coerced into wiring funds under duress.

## What to do

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

## Latest updates

- 2025-02-10: AI-Generated Voice Purporting to Be Daughter Allegedly Used to Coerce $2,000 from Colorado Mother (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1008)

## Sources

- 2025-02-10 AI Incident Database: AI-Generated Voice Purporting to Be Daughter Allegedly Used to Coerce $2,000 from Colorado Mother https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1008

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