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Bay Area Mom Loses $5,400 in AI Voice Cloning Fake Kidnapping Scam
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June 4, 2026

Bay Area Mom Loses $5,400 in AI Voice Cloning Fake Kidnapping Scam

Scammers cloned a Bay Area woman's daughter's voice to fake a kidnapping. Deborah Del Mastro wired $5,400 to Mexico before discovering her daughter was safe at…

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Bay Area Mom Wired $5,400 Before One Call Ended the Scam
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Bay Area Mom Wired $5,400 Before One Call Ended the Scam

A Bay Area mom wired $5,400 to scammers who cloned her daughter's voice. One call to her daughter ended it. Three codewords could have ended it sooner.

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Deepfake Scam Calls Are Surging. Here's How to Stop Them.
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Deepfake Scam Calls Are Surging. Here's How to Stop Them.

AI voice scams hit record levels in 2026. Americans lost $12.5B to scams in 2024. Here's how rotating family codewords stop fake calls cold.

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AI Scammers Clone Daughter's Voice to Extort Vancouver Man
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AI Scammers Clone Daughter's Voice to Extort Vancouver Man

AI scammers cloned a Vancouver man's daughter's voice to extort him in a virtual kidnapping scheme. Learn how voice cloning scams work and how to stop them.

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AI Cloned His Daughter's Voice. He Almost Paid.
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AI Cloned His Daughter's Voice. He Almost Paid.

AI scammers cloned a Vancouver man's daughter's voice to extort him. Here's how the scam works and what three rotating codewords can do to stop it.

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Connecticut Lost $16.1 Million to AI Scams in 2025
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Connecticut Lost $16.1 Million to AI Scams in 2025

Connecticut ranked #1 in AI scam losses per capita in 2025, with $16.1M lost to voice cloning and deepfake fraud. Here's what families can do about it.

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Ireland's 'Hi Mam, Hi Dad' Text Scam Targets Parents via Fake Child Messages
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Ireland's 'Hi Mam, Hi Dad' Text Scam Targets Parents via Fake Child Messages

A wave of family impersonation texts swept Ireland in 2026, with scammers posing as children claiming new phone numbers to steal money from parents.

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'Hi Mom, Hi Dad' Scam Texts Are Fooling Irish Families
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'Hi Mom, Hi Dad' Scam Texts Are Fooling Irish Families

A new wave of 'Hi Mam, Hi Dad' scam texts is targeting Irish families. Here's how the scam works and one simple way to stop it cold.

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Missouri Mom Loses Thousands to AI Voice Clone Kidnapping Hoax
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Missouri Mom Loses Thousands to AI Voice Clone Kidnapping Hoax

Scammers cloned a college student's voice to stage a fake kidnapping, pressuring her Missouri mother into wiring thousands over 90 minutes.

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Michigan AG Warns: AI Can Now Sound Exactly Like Your Kid
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Michigan AG Warns: AI Can Now Sound Exactly Like Your Kid

Michigan's Attorney General is warning families about AI voice cloning scams. Here's how they work, who's at risk, and one simple way to stop them cold.

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AI Cloned Her Daughter's Voice. She Lost Thousands.
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AI Cloned Her Daughter's Voice. She Lost Thousands.

A Missouri mom lost thousands to a fake kidnapping call using an AI clone of her daughter's voice. Here's how the scam works and how to stop it.

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AI Voice Cloning Scams Fool Families With Fake Relatives
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AI Voice Cloning Scams Fool Families With Fake Relatives

Scammers use AI voice cloning from social media audio to impersonate family members by phone. FTC warns voices can no longer be trusted. Case study.

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Your Kid's Voice Can Be Cloned From a TikTok Video
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Your Kid's Voice Can Be Cloned From a TikTok Video

AI voice cloning scams now require just seconds of audio from social media. The FTC warns families they can no longer trust their ears. Here's what actually works.

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