Description: An Indore resident reportedly transferred ₹1.83 lakh (about $2,000) after callers used a purportedly AI-generated voice resembling his brother-in-law in Sydney and claimed he faced imprisonment over an expired visa. The victim reportedly discovered the fraud after contacting his relative, and police said the recipient accounts were frozen during the investigation.
Editor Notes: Timeline note: The incident ID date is 11/27/2025, based on the earliest identified reporting because the exact date of the calls and transfers has not been established. The incident ID was created on 07/04/2026.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Voice cloning technology developers , Synthetic media generation technology developers , Synthetic audio generation technology developers and Deepfake technology developers developed an AI system deployed by Voice cloning impersonation scammers , Scammers in India , Scammers , Cybercriminals in India and Cybercriminals, which harmed Victims of voice cloning impersonation scams and Targets of scammers in India.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Voice cloning technology , Synthetic media generation technology , Synthetic audio generation technology and Deepfake technology
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1566
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2025-11-27
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
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Indore: A local resident was defrauded of approximately Rs 1.80 lakh by cybercriminals who used AI-generated voice to impersonate his relative living abroad.
"The Indore crime branch has launched an investigation into the case after the vic…
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