2026-09-20T23:22:28.549Z
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Purported AI Voice Scam Reportedly Targets Westchester Parents with Fake Kidnapping Ransom Calls
Scammers reportedly used AI voice synthesis to mimic children's voices in fake kidnapping calls, allegedly demanding ransom payments from parents in the Peekskill School District of Westchester, New York. The synthetic voices were reportedly generated from social media voice samples.
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- incident-report
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- reported
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- Global
Reported occurrence date: 2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z
Evidence & attribution
- AI Incident Database
- AI Incident Database · 2025-01-09T00:00:00.000Z
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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