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AI Voice Clone of Texas Woman Used in Distress Scam Targeting Brother in Port Neches
- Occurred
- Apr 3, 2025
- Published
- Apr 3, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Jace Edgar of Port Neches, Texas reportedly received a scam phone call using AI-generated voice cloning to mimic his sister in distress. Believing she had been in an accident, Edgar began to act before noticing the caller avoided direct questions. When he contacted his sister, she was unharmed and unaware of the call. Authorities confirmed this was part of a broader rise in AI-powered scams, urging the public to stay vigilant and avoid sharing personal info with unknown callers.
Developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Scammers impersonating Jayla (sister of Jace Edgar)
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- Jace Edgar
- Jayla (sister of Jace Edgar)
Tags
- Deepfake
- Voice cloning scam
- Distress scam
- Financial fraud
- Texas
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI voice cloning used in a scam targeting an individual, causing distress but no physical harm or major financial loss.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8