DeepfakeMedium
Voice deepfake targets bank in failed transfer scam
- Occurred
- Aug 30, 2023
- Published
- Aug 30, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
In spring 2023, Florida investor Clive Kabatznik became the target of an advanced scam attempt involving a voice deepfake mimicking his own voice. The fraudulent caller, using AI-generated speech, contacted Kabatznik's Bank of America representative in an unsuccessful attempt to deceive the banker into transferring funds to a different account.
Developers
- Unknown
Deployers
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- Clive Kabatznik
- Bank of America
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Incident involves AI-generated voice deepfake used in a scam attempt, though the transfer was unsuccessful.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8