Incident #1566
Indore Resident Reportedly Lost ₹1.83 Lakh (~$2,000) After AI-Generated Voice Impersonated Relative
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.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- voice-cloning-impersonation-scammers
- scammers-in-india
- scammers
- cybercriminals-in-india
- cybercriminals
Alleged Developers
- voice-cloning-technology-developers
- synthetic-media-generation-technology-developers
- synthetic-audio-generation-technology-developers
- deepfake-technology-developers
Harmed Parties
- victims-of-voice-cloning-impersonation-scams
- targets-of-scammers-in-india