Incident #1762
Man in Touba, Senegal, Allegedly Used AI Voice Alteration to Impersonate a Woman and Collect Intimate Images
Description
Police in Touba, Senegal, alleged that a man used his former sister-in-law's WhatsApp photos and videos in false profiles and altered his voice with AI during calls. Posing as a woman, he reportedly drew people into explicit video calls, collected intimate images and solicited money or phone credit. He allegedly misused victims' likenesses and caused reputational harm. Police reportedly arrested him, and he allegedly admitted the conduct.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- synthetic-media-creators
- scammers-in-senegal
- scammers
- online-impersonators
- extortionists
- deepfake-creators
- cybercriminals
Alleged Developers
- synthetic-media-generation-technology-developers
- synthetic-audio-generation-technology-developers
- deepfake-technology-developers
- ai-voice-conversion-technology-developers
Harmed Parties
- women-and-girls
- women
- victims-of-impersonation-scams
- victims-of-deepfake-abuse
- privacy
- men-and-boys
- men
- identity-theft-victims
- epistemic-integrity