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Las Vegas mother 'Susette' kept on phone for 6 hours by fake cartel, pays $15,000 after AI clones her daughter's voice

Apr 7, 2025Las Vegas, USA1 source

Summary

On April 7, 2025, a Las Vegas mother named Susette received a call in which she heard what she believed was her 15-year-old daughter's voice, crying and screaming. A man identifying as 'Angel' and claiming to represent a cartel then told Susette that her daughter had witnessed a drug deal, panicked, and been grabbed to prevent her from alerting police. He demanded $15,000 or he would kill her. Susette was kept on the phone for nearly six hours while being directed to banks and grocery stores to withdraw and hand over cash. She later determined the voice was an AI-generated clone of her daughter's, created using audio harvested from her daughter's online presence. The incident was reported by Las Vegas news station KSNV.

Incident Details

Domain
Fraud & Financial
Harm Types
Voice Cloning Fraud
Mechanism
content
Severity
Minor involved
Recipient
Individuala Vegas mom whose daughter's voice was cloned using AI for a fake cartel shakedown
Dimensions
economicpsychological

Sources

1
Vegas Mom Says AI Clone Of Daughter's Voice Fueled Fake Cartel Shakedown - Hoodline
AI voice cloning fraud·Apr 17, 2026

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