Scammers Reportedly Used AI-Cloned Daughter's Voice to Defraud Bay Area Mother in Fake Kidnapping Call
Date: 2026-05-24
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Fake Kidnapping Scammers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: Medium

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1505: Scammers Reportedly Used AI-Cloned Daughter's Voice to Defraud Bay Area Mother in Fake Kidnapping Call. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Fake Kidnapping Scammers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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