Mumbai Businessman Defrauded via AI Voice Cloning Impersonation
A Mumbai businessman was defrauded of money after scammers used AI voice cloning to impersonate his son in distress. The victim transferred funds before discovering it was a scam.
- first report
- 30 Mar 2024
- last update
- 30 Mar 2024
Timeline · 1
Sources · 1
Research and catalogues
- 2024-03-30Mumbai Businessman Reportedly Defrauded via Purported AI-Cloned Voice Impersonating SonAI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1053
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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 30 Mar 2024 · first reported 30 Mar 2024
- origin
- AI Incident DatabaseDerived 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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# Mumbai Businessman Defrauded via AI Voice Cloning Impersonation https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/mumbai-businessman-defrauded-via-ai-voice-cloning-impersonat · AIR-2024-0002 · closed 2024-04-13 - Lane: Breaches & attacks - Severity: 4 (Confirmed real-world loss) - Fix status: No fix needed - First reported: 2024-03-30 - AI role: AI-enabled attack ## Summary A Mumbai businessman was defrauded of money after scammers used AI voice cloning to impersonate his son in distress. The victim transferred funds before discovering it was a scam. ## What to do No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory. ## Latest updates - 2024-03-30: Mumbai Businessman Reportedly Defrauded via Purported AI-Cloned Voice Impersonating Son (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1053) ## Sources - 2024-03-30 AI Incident Database: Mumbai Businessman Reportedly Defrauded via Purported AI-Cloned Voice Impersonating Son https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1053 Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.
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