Mother in Arizona Received Fake Ransom Call Featuring AI Voice of Her Daughter
January 20, 2023
A mother in Arizona received a ransom call from an anonymous scammer who created her daughter's voice allegedly using AI voice synthesis, which was proven to be fake once her daughter's safety was confirmed.
- Alleged deployer
- scammers
- Alleged developer
- unknown
- Alleged harmed parties
- jennifer-destefano, destefanos-family
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/537
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