70-year-old woman in Hubei scammed by AI-cloned voice call from fake grandson leading to 20,000 yuan loss

Summary

A 70-year-old woman in Hubei province, China, was scammed by fraudsters using AI-cloned voice technology. The scam occurred on April 28 when she received a phone call from what she believed to be her grandson. The AI-generated voice mimicked her grandson and claimed he had injured someone in a supermarket and needed 20,000 yuan in compensation. The caller, using a landline, also claimed he was in a police station and begged her not to tell his mother, warning that he would “jump from a building” if she did. The scam targeted elderly individuals in homes where landline phones are still commonly used.