Description: A woman who runs a play school in Indore, India, was reportedly defrauded of ₹97,500 (approximately $1,080 USD) after a fraudster allegedly used AI-based voice cloning to impersonate her cousin, an Uttar Pradesh police employee, and claim a friend needed urgent cardiac surgery. The victim was reportedly persuaded to transfer funds via QR codes before discovering no money had actually been credited.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown voice cloning technology developers and Unknown deepfake technology developers developed an AI system deployed by Unknown scammers in India and Unknown scammers, which harmed Smita Sinha (pseudonym) , Small private school owners in Indore, India , Epistemic integrity and General public of Madhya Pradesh.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Unknown voice cloning technology and Unknown deepfake technology
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1339
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2026-01-06
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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BHOPAL: In what is believed to be Madhya Pradesh's first case of cyber fraud involving AI-driven voice modulation, a middle-aged woman who runs a small play school in Indore has lost her entire savings of Rs 97,500 after being duped by a fr…
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