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Scammer Uses AI Voice Clone of Meteorologist in Facebook Fraud Attempt

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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

  1. 18 Jun 2025Scammer Reportedly Used AI Voice Clone of WCPO Cincinnati Meteorologist in Facebook Fraud Attempts

Sources · 1

Research and catalogues

  1. 2025-06-18

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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 Database
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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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