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AI Voice Clone Used to Defraud Indore School Owner

Voice cloning tool

A fraudster used AI voice cloning to impersonate a relative and trick a school owner into transferring money for a medical emergency. The victim lost money before discovering the deception.

first report
6 Jan 2026
last update
6 Jan 2026

Timeline · 1

  1. 6 Jan 2026Purportedly AI-Cloned Voice Allegedly Used to Defraud Play School Owner of ₹97,500 (~$1,080 USD) in Indore, India

Sources · 1

Research and catalogues

  1. 2026-01-06

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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 6 Jan 2026 · first reported 6 Jan 2026
origin
AI Incident Database
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record
confidence 0.90 · created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z

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# AI Voice Clone Used to Defraud Indore School Owner

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/ai-voice-clone-used-to-defraud-indore-school-owner · AIR-2026-0414 · closed 2026-01-20

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 4 (Confirmed real-world loss)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2026-01-06
- AI role: AI-enabled attack
- Products: Voice cloning tool

## Summary

A fraudster used AI voice cloning to impersonate a relative and trick a school owner into transferring money for a medical emergency. The victim lost money before discovering the deception.

## What to do

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

## Latest updates

- 2026-01-06: Purportedly AI-Cloned Voice Allegedly Used to Defraud Play School Owner of ₹97,500 (~$1,080 USD) in Indore, India (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1339)

## Sources

- 2026-01-06 AI Incident Database: Purportedly AI-Cloned Voice Allegedly Used to Defraud Play School Owner of ₹97,500 (~$1,080 USD) in Indore, India https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1339

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