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Incidents Harmed By

Incident 10532 Report
Mumbai Businessman Reportedly Defrauded via Purported AI-Cloned Voice Impersonating Son

2024-03-30

A Mumbai businessman reportedly identified as KT Vinod reportedly lost Rs 80,000 after receiving a call from someone claiming to be a representative of the Indian Embassy in Dubai, who said his son had been arrested. The caller allegedly used AI-generated voice cloning to simulate the voice of Vinod's son, pleading for help. Reportedly convinced of the urgency, Vinod instructed a money transfer via Google Pay. The scam was discovered only after he contacted his son directly.

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Incident 11241 Report
Alleged Unauthorized Deepfake AI Clones of Ravish Kumar Used to Spread Purportedly Fabricated News on YouTube

2025-06-30

Prominent Indian journalist Ravish Kumar reported that multiple YouTube channels are using purported deepfakes to mimic his face and voice, spreading fabricated and nonsensical news in his name. Kumar warned viewers not to trust these channels, filed complaints with YouTube, and is awaiting action.

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Other entities that are related to the same incident. For example, if the developer of an incident is this entity but the deployer is another entity, they are marked as related entities.
 

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Unknown scammers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1053
    2 Reports

    Mumbai Businessman Reportedly Defrauded via Purported AI-Cloned Voice Impersonating Son

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Unknown fraudsters

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1053
    2 Reports

    Mumbai Businessman Reportedly Defrauded via Purported AI-Cloned Voice Impersonating Son

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Unknown voice cloning technology developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1053
    2 Reports

    Mumbai Businessman Reportedly Defrauded via Purported AI-Cloned Voice Impersonating Son

  • Incident 1124
    1 Report

    Alleged Unauthorized Deepfake AI Clones of Ravish Kumar Used to Spread Purportedly Fabricated News on YouTube

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Unknown deepfake technology developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1053
    2 Reports

    Mumbai Businessman Reportedly Defrauded via Purported AI-Cloned Voice Impersonating Son

  • Incident 1124
    1 Report

    Alleged Unauthorized Deepfake AI Clones of Ravish Kumar Used to Spread Purportedly Fabricated News on YouTube

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Mumbai businessman

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1053
    2 Reports

    Mumbai Businessman Reportedly Defrauded via Purported AI-Cloned Voice Impersonating Son

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Son of Mumbai businessman

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1053
    2 Reports

    Mumbai Businessman Reportedly Defrauded via Purported AI-Cloned Voice Impersonating Son

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Entity

Unknown voice cloning technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1053
    2 Reports

    Mumbai Businessman Reportedly Defrauded via Purported AI-Cloned Voice Impersonating Son

  • Incident 1124
    1 Report

    Alleged Unauthorized Deepfake AI Clones of Ravish Kumar Used to Spread Purportedly Fabricated News on YouTube

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Unknown deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1053
    2 Reports

    Mumbai Businessman Reportedly Defrauded via Purported AI-Cloned Voice Impersonating Son

  • Incident 1124
    1 Report

    Alleged Unauthorized Deepfake AI Clones of Ravish Kumar Used to Spread Purportedly Fabricated News on YouTube

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Entity

Google Pay

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1053
    2 Reports

    Mumbai Businessman Reportedly Defrauded via Purported AI-Cloned Voice Impersonating Son

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Unknown YouTubers impersonating Ravish Kumar

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1124
    1 Report

    Alleged Unauthorized Deepfake AI Clones of Ravish Kumar Used to Spread Purportedly Fabricated News on YouTube

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Ravish Kumar

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1124
    1 Report

    Alleged Unauthorized Deepfake AI Clones of Ravish Kumar Used to Spread Purportedly Fabricated News on YouTube

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Fans of Ravish Kumar

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1124
    1 Report

    Alleged Unauthorized Deepfake AI Clones of Ravish Kumar Used to Spread Purportedly Fabricated News on YouTube

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YouTube users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1124
    1 Report

    Alleged Unauthorized Deepfake AI Clones of Ravish Kumar Used to Spread Purportedly Fabricated News on YouTube

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Entity

Epistemic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1124
    1 Report

    Alleged Unauthorized Deepfake AI Clones of Ravish Kumar Used to Spread Purportedly Fabricated News on YouTube

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YouTube

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1124
    1 Report

    Alleged Unauthorized Deepfake AI Clones of Ravish Kumar Used to Spread Purportedly Fabricated News on YouTube

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