DeepfakeHigh
Mother in Arizona Received Fake Ransom Call Featuring AI Voice of Her Daughter
- Occurred
- Jan 20, 2023
- Published
- May 8, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A mother in Arizona received a ransom call from an anonymous scammer who created her daughter's voice allegedly using AI voice synthesis, which was proven to be fake once her daughter's safety was confirmed.
Developers
- Unknown
Deployers
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- Jennifer DeStefano
- DeStefanos family
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI voice cloning used in ransom scam causing significant distress and potential financial harm.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8