AI Scam Facts

Count published case studies that pass the Family Scam Pulse quality gate.

Source records: ai-powered-farm-equipment-scams-target-georgia-farmers, ai-powered-hi-mum-scam-targets-australian-families, ai-scammers-clone-daughter-s-voice-to-extort-vancouver-man, ai-voice-clone-convinced-california-mom-her-daughter-was-kidnapped, ai-voice-clone-fakes-daughter-s-kidnapping-pressures-mother-for-3-270, ai-voice-clone-fakes-kidnapping-to-demand-2-500-ransom, ai-voice-clone-fools-canadian-mother-in-family-emergency-scam, ai-voice-clone-mimics-sister-in-kidnapping-ransom-scam, ai-voice-clone-mimics-teen-s-voice-in-7-500-ransom-hoax, ai-voice-clone-of-daughter-used-in-fake-kidnapping-ransom-call, ai-voice-clone-of-her-brother-costs-ontario-woman-12-000, ai-voice-clone-scam-costs-california-mother-thousands and 12 more

Count published Pulse records whose normalized attackType is "voice_cloning".

Source records: ai-powered-farm-equipment-scams-target-georgia-farmers, ai-powered-hi-mum-scam-targets-australian-families, ai-scammers-clone-daughter-s-voice-to-extort-vancouver-man, ai-voice-clone-convinced-california-mom-her-daughter-was-kidnapped, ai-voice-clone-fakes-daughter-s-kidnapping-pressures-mother-for-3-270, ai-voice-clone-fakes-kidnapping-to-demand-2-500-ransom, ai-voice-clone-fools-canadian-mother-in-family-emergency-scam, ai-voice-clone-mimics-sister-in-kidnapping-ransom-scam, ai-voice-clone-mimics-teen-s-voice-in-7-500-ransom-hoax, ai-voice-clone-of-daughter-used-in-fake-kidnapping-ransom-call, ai-voice-clone-of-her-brother-costs-ontario-woman-12-000, ai-voice-clone-scam-costs-california-mother-thousands and 12 more

Voice-clone share = records with normalized attackType "voice_cloning" divided by all citable Pulse records.

Source records: ai-powered-farm-equipment-scams-target-georgia-farmers, ai-powered-hi-mum-scam-targets-australian-families, ai-scammers-clone-daughter-s-voice-to-extort-vancouver-man, ai-voice-clone-convinced-california-mom-her-daughter-was-kidnapped, ai-voice-clone-fakes-daughter-s-kidnapping-pressures-mother-for-3-270, ai-voice-clone-fakes-kidnapping-to-demand-2-500-ransom, ai-voice-clone-fools-canadian-mother-in-family-emergency-scam, ai-voice-clone-mimics-sister-in-kidnapping-ransom-scam, ai-voice-clone-mimics-teen-s-voice-in-7-500-ransom-hoax, ai-voice-clone-of-daughter-used-in-fake-kidnapping-ransom-call, ai-voice-clone-of-her-brother-costs-ontario-woman-12-000, ai-voice-clone-scam-costs-california-mother-thousands and 12 more

Sum only lossCategory "usd"; other currencies, ambiguous "$" amounts, vague losses, and undisclosed losses are never converted or included.

Source records: bay-area-mom-loses-5-400-in-ai-voice-cloning-fake-kidnapping-scam, houston-man-loses-15-000-after-ai-clones-his-son-s-voice

Median of explicitly reported USD values only; non-USD and unquantified losses are excluded.

Source records: bay-area-mom-loses-5-400-in-ai-voice-cloning-fake-kidnapping-scam, houston-man-loses-15-000-after-ai-clones-his-son-s-voice

Count published records by the documented victimType; unknown values are excluded.

Source records: ai-voice-clone-convinced-california-mom-her-daughter-was-kidnapped, ai-voice-clone-fakes-daughter-s-kidnapping-pressures-mother-for-3-270, ai-voice-clone-fakes-kidnapping-to-demand-2-500-ransom, ai-voice-clone-fools-canadian-mother-in-family-emergency-scam, ai-voice-clone-mimics-sister-in-kidnapping-ransom-scam, ai-voice-clone-mimics-teen-s-voice-in-7-500-ransom-hoax, ai-voice-clone-of-daughter-used-in-fake-kidnapping-ransom-call, ai-voice-clone-of-her-brother-costs-ontario-woman-12-000, ai-voice-clone-scam-costs-california-mother-thousands, ai-voice-clone-used-in-fake-kidnapping-ransom-call-in-lawrence-kansas, ai-voice-cloning-scams-cost-georgia-couple-800-000, bay-area-mom-loses-5-400-in-ai-voice-clone-kidnapping-hoax and 4 more

Count published records by the country derived from the documented incident location; unknown locations are excluded.

Source records: ai-powered-farm-equipment-scams-target-georgia-farmers, ai-scammers-clone-daughter-s-voice-to-extort-vancouver-man, ai-voice-cloning-scams-fool-families-with-fake-relatives, bay-area-mom-loses-5-400-in-ai-voice-cloning-fake-kidnapping-scam, houston-man-loses-15-000-after-ai-clones-his-son-s-voice, missouri-mom-loses-thousands-to-ai-voice-clone-kidnapping-hoax

Compare records by source-reported incident year; undated incidents are excluded.

Source records: ai-powered-farm-equipment-scams-target-georgia-farmers, ai-powered-hi-mum-scam-targets-australian-families, ai-voice-clone-convinced-california-mom-her-daughter-was-kidnapped, ai-voice-clone-fakes-daughter-s-kidnapping-pressures-mother-for-3-270, ai-voice-clone-fakes-kidnapping-to-demand-2-500-ransom, ai-voice-clone-fools-canadian-mother-in-family-emergency-scam, ai-voice-clone-mimics-sister-in-kidnapping-ransom-scam, ai-voice-clone-mimics-teen-s-voice-in-7-500-ransom-hoax, ai-voice-clone-of-daughter-used-in-fake-kidnapping-ransom-call, ai-voice-clone-of-her-brother-costs-ontario-woman-12-000, ai-voice-clone-scam-costs-california-mother-thousands, ai-voice-clone-used-in-fake-kidnapping-ransom-call-in-lawrence-kansas and 9 more