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Peekskill School District families

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 8917 Report
AI Voice Scam Targets Westchester Parents with Fake Kidnapping Ransom Calls

2025-01-08

Scammers used AI voice synthesis to mimic children’s voices in fake kidnapping calls, demanding ransom payments from parents in the Peekskill School District of Westchester, New York. The synthetic voices were reportedly generated from social media voice samples

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scammers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 891
    7 Reports

    AI Voice Scam Targets Westchester Parents with Fake Kidnapping Ransom Calls

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Unknown voice cloning technology developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 891
    7 Reports

    AI Voice Scam Targets Westchester Parents with Fake Kidnapping Ransom Calls

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Westchester New York families

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 891
    7 Reports

    AI Voice Scam Targets Westchester Parents with Fake Kidnapping Ransom Calls

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Unknown voice cloning technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 891
    7 Reports

    AI Voice Scam Targets Westchester Parents with Fake Kidnapping Ransom Calls

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