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Indore Resident Reportedly Lost ₹1.83 Lakh (~$2,000) After AI-Generated Voice Impersonated Relative

AI Incident Database · article · Nov 27, 2025 · UTC

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.

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incident-report
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reported
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Global

Reported occurrence date: 2025-11-27T00:00:00.000Z

Evidence & attribution

AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.

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