DeepfakeHigh
Fraudsters Used AI to Mimic Voice of a UK-Based Firm's CEO's Boss
- Occurred
- Mar 1, 2019
- Published
- Aug 30, 2019
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Fraudsters allegedly used AI voice technology to impersonate the boss of a UK-based firm's CEO, demanding a transfer of €220,000 over the phone.
Developers
- Unknown
Deployers
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- unnamed UK-based energy firm's CEO
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI voice cloning used for fraud causing significant financial loss.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8