Incidente 1008: translated-es-AI-Generated Voice Purporting to Be Daughter Allegedly Used to Coerce $2,000 from Colorado Mother
Descripción: translated-es-In February 2025, a Colorado woman was scammed by a voice-cloning fraud in which criminals used what sounded like her daughter’s voice to stage a fake kidnapping. Under duress and believing her daughter was in danger, she wired $2,000 to Mexico. The scammers exploited generative AI to simulate the daughter’s voice and manipulated the victim psychologically. Law enforcement could not trace the perpetrators or recover the funds.
Editor Notes: Incident date note: Reporting states that the scam occurred on "a Monday evening in February [2025]"; the incident date of 02/10/2025 is a placeholder until the more precise date might be ascertained.
Entidades
Ver todas las entidadesAlleged: Unknown voice cloning technology developer developed an AI system deployed by scammers , Fraudsters , Unknown scammers operating in Mexico y Unknown scammers impersonating daughter of Linda Roan, which harmed Linda Roan , Daughter of Linda Roan y General public.
Sistemas de IA presuntamente implicados: Unknown voice cloning technology , Western Union y MoneyGram
Estadísticas de incidentes
ID
1008
Cantidad de informes
1
Fecha del Incidente
2025-02-10
Editores
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Informes del Incidente
Cronología de Informes
Linda Roan se estaba preparando un plato de sopa un lunes por la noche de febrero cuando sonó su celular. La llamada era de un número local, así que contestó.
"Mamá, estoy bien, pero ha pasado algo terrible", sollozó una joven. "Necesito tu…
Variantes
Una "Variante" es un incidente de IA similar a un caso conocido—tiene los mismos causantes, daños y sistema de IA. En lugar de enumerarlo por separado, lo agrupamos bajo el primer incidente informado. A diferencia de otros incidentes, las variantes no necesitan haber sido informadas fuera de la AIID. Obtenga más información del trabajo de investigación.
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