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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

  1. 30 Mar 2024Mumbai Businessman Reportedly Defrauded via Purported AI-Cloned Voice Impersonating Son

Sources · 1

Research and catalogues

  1. 2024-03-30

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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
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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

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