Incident #1615
Scammers Allegedly Used AI-Generated Voice in Boone County, Missouri, Kidnapping Ransom Scam
Description
Boone County, Missouri, authorities said a resident received a call on July 17, 2026, that displayed the resident's daughter's name and number and used an AI-generated imitation of her voice to claim she had been kidnapped at gunpoint. A second voice demanded ransom. A coordinated police response located the daughter safely in Jefferson City, unaware of the call; no payment or arrest was reported.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- unidentified-perpetrators-of-boone-county-missouri-ai-voice-kidnapping-scam
- scammers
- synthetic-media-creators
- deepfake-creators
- extortionists
- voice-cloning-impersonation-scammers
Alleged Developers
- deepfake-technology-developers
- voice-cloning-technology-developers
- synthetic-media-generation-technology-developers
- synthetic-audio-generation-technology-developers
Harmed Parties
- boone-county-missouri-resident-targeted-by-alleged-ai-voice-kidnapping-scam
- daughter-of-boone-county-missouri-resident-targeted-by-alleged-ai-voice-kidnapping-scam
- boone-county-sheriff's-office
- law-enforcement
- victims-of-deepfake-abuse
- targets-of-scams
- public-safety
- epistemic-integrity
- privacy
- victims-of-voice-cloning-impersonation-scams
- families