Scammer Uses AI Voice Clone of Meteorologist in Facebook Fraud Attempt
A scammer impersonated a local television meteorologist using an AI voice clone to send fraudulent requests for money on Facebook. The station issued a public warning and urged viewers to report the fake account.
- first report
- 18 Jun 2025
- last update
- 18 Jun 2025
Timeline · 1
Sources · 1
Research and catalogues
- 2025-06-18Scammer Reportedly Used AI Voice Clone of WCPO Cincinnati Meteorologist in Facebook Fraud AttemptsAI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1112
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Classification
- AI role
- AI-enabled attack
- categories
- Deepfake fraud
- severity
- 3 · Confirmed exploitation
- targets
- Individuals
- owasp llm top 10
- no entry for these categories
- dates
- happened 18 Jun 2025 · first reported 18 Jun 2025
- 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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# Scammer Uses AI Voice Clone of Meteorologist in Facebook Fraud Attempt https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/scammer-uses-ai-voice-clone-of-meteorologist-in-facebook-fra · AIR-2025-0110 · closed 2025-07-02 - Lane: Breaches & attacks - Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation) - Fix status: No fix needed - First reported: 2025-06-18 - AI role: AI-enabled attack - Products: Facebook ## Summary A scammer impersonated a local television meteorologist using an AI voice clone to send fraudulent requests for money on Facebook. The station issued a public warning and urged viewers to report the fake account. ## What to do No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory. ## Latest updates - 2025-06-18: Scammer Reportedly Used AI Voice Clone of WCPO Cincinnati Meteorologist in Facebook Fraud Attempts (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1112) ## Sources - 2025-06-18 AI Incident Database: Scammer Reportedly Used AI Voice Clone of WCPO Cincinnati Meteorologist in Facebook Fraud Attempts https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1112 Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.
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