Hillsborough woman conned out of $15K after AI clones daughter’s voice

DOVER, Fla. (WFLA) — A Hillsborough County woman is warning others after falling victim to an elaborate AI-powered scheme that used cloned audio of her daughter’s voice to demand thousands of dollars in fake bond money.

Sharon Brightwell said the ordeal began last Wednesday when she received a call from a number that looked like her daughter’s. On the other end of the line, a young woman was sobbing, claiming to have been in a car crash.

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“There is nobody that could convince me that it wasn’t her,” Sharon said. “I know my daughter’s cry.”

The caller said she had hit a pregnant woman while texting and driving and claimed her phone had been taken by police. A man then got on the line, claiming to be an attorney representing her daughter. He told Sharon that her daughter was being detained and needed $15,000 in bail money in cash…

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