AI-Generated Voice Purporting to Be Daughter Allegedly Used to Coerce $2,000 from Colorado Mother
In February 2025, a Colorado woman was scammed by a voice-cloning fraud in which criminals used what sounded like her daughter’s voice to stage a fake kidnapping. Under duress and believing her daughter was in danger, she wired $2,000 to Mexico. The scammers exploited generative AI to simulate the daughter’s voice and manipulated the victim psychologically. Law enforcement could not trace the perpetrators or recover the funds.
- Date it happened
- 2025-02-10
- Organisation involved
- Unknown scammers operating in Mexico, Unknown scammers impersonating daughter of Linda Roan, Scammers
- Product, system or model
- Western Union, MoneyGram, Synthetic audio generation technology
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