DeepfakeHigh
Two Members of Highline Public Schools Community in King County, Washington Reportedly Targeted in Deepfake Kidnapping Scam
- Occurred
- Sep 25, 2024
- Published
- Sep 25, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Two members of the Highline Public Schools community in Burien, a town in King County, Washington, were reportedly targeted in a deepfake kidnapping scam. Scammers allegedly used AI-generated voice cloning technology to convincingly mimic the voices of their family members. The scammers reportedly used the altered voices to claim they had been kidnapped and demanding a ransom be paid.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- Highline Public Schools
- Families of Highline Public Schools
- Students
- Minors
- Parents
- Educational communities
- Epistemic integrity
Tags
- Fraud
- Kidnapping scam
- Deepfake
- Impersonation
- Voice cloning
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI voice cloning used in kidnapping scam causing financial harm and distress.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8