Scammer Reportedly Used AI Voice Clone of WCPO Cincinnati Meteorologist in Facebook Fraud Attempts

Summary

WCPO Cincinnati reported that a scammer impersonated its meteorologist Jennifer Ketchmark using AI voice cloning. A reportedly fraudulent Facebook account made friend requests and sent direct messages requesting money, using an AI-generated voice that mimicked Ketchmark's. The scam attempted to gain trust by sounding convincingly like her. WCPO warned viewers and urged reporting the fake account to Meta. No confirmed victims or losses were publicly reported.

Developers

• Deepfake technology developers
• Synthetic audio generation technology developers

Deployers

• Unknown scammer impersonating Jennifer Ketchmark
• Scammers

Harmed parties

• Jennifer Ketchmark
• WCPO Cincinnati
• General public of Cincinnati
• Facebook users

Tags

• deepfake
• impersonation
• scam