Incident 564: Voice deepfake targets bank in failed transfer scam
Description: In spring 2023, Florida investor Clive Kabatznik became the target of an advanced scam attempt involving a voice deepfake mimicking his own voice. The fraudulent caller, using AI-generated speech, contacted Kabatznik's Bank of America representative in an unsuccessful attempt to deceive the banker into transferring funds to a different account.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: unknown developed an AI system deployed by scammers, which harmed Clive Kabatznik and Bank of America.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
564
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2023-08-30
Editors
Sean McGregor
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
nytimes.com · 2023
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This spring, Clive Kabatznik, an investor in Florida, called his local Bank of America representative to discuss a big money transfer he was planning to make. Then he called again.
Except the second phone call wasn’t from Mr. Kabatznik. Rat…
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