Purported AI-Generated Voice Reportedly Impersonated Washington Man's Daughter in $13,000 Extortion Scam
Date: 2026-03-23
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: Medium

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1482: Purported AI-Generated Voice Reportedly Impersonated Washington Man's Daughter in $13,000 Extortion Scam. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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