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Scammers in Hong Kong

Incidents involved as Deployer

Incident 16483 Report
Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father

2026-07-29

A Hong Kong man reportedly lost more than HK$10 million after scammers hijacked his father's WhatsApp account and sent voice messages closely resembling his father's voice and speech. The victim allegedly made repeated transfers until his savings were depleted.

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Voice cloning impersonation scammers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1648
    3 Reports

    Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father

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Synthetic media creators

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1648
    3 Reports

    Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father

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Scammers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1648
    3 Reports

    Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father

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Deepfake creators

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1648
    3 Reports

    Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father

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Cybercriminals

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1648
    3 Reports

    Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father

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Voice cloning technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1648
    3 Reports

    Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father

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Synthetic media generation technology

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1648
    3 Reports

    Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1648
    3 Reports

    Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father

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Synthetic audio generation technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1648
    3 Reports

    Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father

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Deepfake technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1648
    3 Reports

    Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father

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WhatsApp users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1648
    3 Reports

    Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father

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Victims of voice cloning impersonation scams

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1648
    3 Reports

    Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father

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Victims of impersonation scams

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1648
    3 Reports

    Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father

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Financial scam victims

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1648
    3 Reports

    Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father

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WhatsApp

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1648
    3 Reports

    Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father

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Voice cloning technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1648
    3 Reports

    Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father

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Synthetic audio generation technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1648
    3 Reports

    Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father

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Messaging apps

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1648
    3 Reports

    Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father

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Deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1648
    3 Reports

    Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father

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