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closedclosed 18 Feb 2025Breaches & attacks4 Confirmed real-world lossAI

Montana business defrauded in AI voice cloning scam impersonating owner

AI voice cloning

Scammers used AI voice cloning to impersonate the owner of Montana store Sugar and Dice during a phone call. An employee was tricked into compromising financial details, leading to financial loss.

first report
4 Feb 2025
last update
4 Feb 2025

Timeline · 1

  1. 4 Feb 2025AI Voice Scam Allegedly Defrauds Game and Coffee Store in Havre, Montana

Sources · 1

Research and catalogues

  1. 2025-02-04
    AI Voice Scam Allegedly Defrauds Game and Coffee Store in Havre, Montana
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/922

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Classification

lane
Breaches & attacks
AI role
AI-enabled attack
categories
Deepfake fraudAI phishing / social engineering
severity
4 · Confirmed real-world loss
targets
Enterprise deployment, Individuals
owasp llm top 10
no entry for these categories
mitre atlas
AML.T0052 PhishingAML.T0073 ImpersonationAML.T0088 Generate Deepfakes
tags
voice-clonedeepfakevishingfraud
dates
happened 4 Feb 2025 · first reported 4 Feb 2025
origin
AI Incident Database
Derived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
record
confidence 0.95 · created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z

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# Montana business defrauded in AI voice cloning scam impersonating owner

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/montana-business-defrauded-in-ai-voice-cloning-scam-imperson · AIR-2025-0182 · closed 2025-02-18

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 4 (Confirmed real-world loss)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2025-02-04
- AI role: AI-enabled attack
- Products: AI voice cloning

## Summary

Scammers used AI voice cloning to impersonate the owner of Montana store Sugar and Dice during a phone call. An employee was tricked into compromising financial details, leading to financial loss.

## What to do

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

## Latest updates

- 2025-02-04: AI Voice Scam Allegedly Defrauds Game and Coffee Store in Havre, Montana (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/922)

## Sources

- 2025-02-04 AI Incident Database: AI Voice Scam Allegedly Defrauds Game and Coffee Store in Havre, Montana https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/922

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

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