Description: A Hillsborough County, Florida, woman was reportedly defrauded of $15,000 in an alleged AI-enabled scam. The perpetrators are reportedly said to have used an AI-generated voice clone of the woman's daughter to impersonate her during a phone call and demand bond money.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown deepfake technology developer and Unknown voice cloning technology developer developed an AI system deployed by Unknown scammer and Unknown scammer impersonating the daughter of Sharon Brightwell, which harmed Sharon Brightwell and Unnamed daughter of Sharon Brightwell.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Unknown deepfake technology and Unknown voice cloning technology
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1217
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2025-07-09
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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DOVER, Fla. (WFLA) --- A Hillsborough County woman is warning others after falling victim to an elaborate AI-powered scheme that used cloned audio of her daughter's voice to demand thousands of dollars in fake bond money.
Sharon Brightwell …
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