Virtual Kidnapping Enters the AI Era: When a Familiar Voice Becomes a Ransom Demand
LOS ANGELES & ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #AIScams--A familiar voice pleading for help can make a fabricated emergency feel real. The FBI’s 2025 Internet Crime Report records more than $5 million in reported losses to voice-cloning distress scams, describing criminals’ use of voice cloning to mimic loved ones in emergencies. The figure covers several family-emergency scenarios, not virtual kidnapping alone. Personal details exposed in data breaches, sometimes without the person’s
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