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Second Hillsborough County Woman Nearly Tricked Out of $15,000 in AI Voice Scheme
FLORIDA, USA, JUL 21 – Scammers used AI to clone a daughter's voice and exploit a mother's trust, resulting in a $15,000 loss; FBI data shows Americans lost $16.6 billion to scams last year.
- Earlier this month, the Florida woman, Sharon Brightwell, was conned out of $15,000 via AI-cloned audio of her daughter’s voice, according to WFLA.
- AI voice cloning advances enable realistic replicas from brief samples, often using social media videos, making scams more convincing and widespread.
- In the scam calls, a man claiming to be an attorney demanded $15,000 bail after a fabricated crash involving a pregnant woman, ATTRIBUTION: NO.
- The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said detectives are investigating this case, following the family's report of a sophisticated AI voice scam.
- With growing concern, the family's fundraising aims to warn others and prevent future victims of AI voice scam frauds, April Monroe said she hopes the story `will keep others from falling victim`.
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Second Hillsborough County woman nearly tricked out of $15,000 in AI voice scheme
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