{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-12T08:45:11.753Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"para","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"unknown","response":"regulatory","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":2,"coverage":{"cases":2,"countries":2,"languages":2,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":2,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":2,"minors":0,"coreRelations":2,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2026-la-rioja-guardia-civil-ai-cloned-daughter-voice-call-transfer-of-9980-euros-recovered","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Al otro lado de la línea respondió una voz idéntica a la de su hija, lo que disipó cualquier sospecha y le llevó a transferir 9.980,25 euros.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'En la conversación, el remitente se hizo pasar por su hija y le manifestó que se encontraba en una situación de urgencia, solicitándole ayuda económica.'; 'La llamada fue respondida con una voz que aparentaba ser la de su hija, circunstancia que incrementó la credibilidad del engaño y llevó a la víctima a continuar con la operación solicitada.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'La víctima transfirió 9.980,25 euros'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"According to the Guardia Civil, the victim received WhatsApp messages from someone posing as their daughter asking for urgent money, called the number to check, heard a voice that seemed to be the daughter's, and transferred 9,980.25 euros.","causal_attribution":"One origin (the Guardia Civil statement of 25 August 2026) relayed by three outlets."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'constató el uso de herramientas de IA para suplantar la identidad mediante la clonación de voz'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Durante el desarrollo de la investigación, los agentes pudieron constatar que la voz utilizada durante la llamada había sido generada mediante herramientas de inteligencia artificial'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Durante la investigación, los agentes constataron que la voz empleada durante la llamada había sido generada mediante herramientas de inteligencia artificial.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Guardia Civil investigators established that the voice used in the call had been generated with artificial-intelligence tools to impersonate the daughter.","causal_attribution":"The force's own investigative finding as relayed by three outlets; one origin. No technical evidence is published."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'la coordinación de urgencia con las entidades financieras permitió inmovilizar los fondos en la cuenta de destino y devolver el dinero a la víctima antes de que los estafadores se hicieran con él'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'permitió recuperar los 9.980,25 euros transferidos'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Urgent coordination with the banks froze the funds in the destination account and the full 9,980.25 euros were returned to the victim.","causal_attribution":"The Guardia Civil statement as relayed; one origin."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ha permitido identificar e investigar al presunto autor de los hechos'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'que han identificado e investigado al presunto autor de los hechos.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Radio Arnedo and ActualidadRiojaBaja report that the investigation identified and investigated the presumed perpetrator.","causal_attribution":"Two outlets relaying the same Guardia Civil statement (one origin); La Rioja's body does not mention the perpetrator."}],"effects":[{"label":"transferred 9,980.25 euros after a call in an AI clone of their daughter's voice (later recovered)","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.larioja.com/la-rioja/sucesos/clonan-voz-hija-ia-estafarle-10000-euros-20260825095405-nt.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in the original Spanish on 2026-10-11 (HTTP 200) by the research agent (an AI); English renderings in this record are the research agent's own translations and no human translator reviewed them. La Rioja newspaper report of 25 August 2026, 11:30, relaying the Guardia Civil statement.","independence_group":"guardia-civil-la-rioja-25-aug-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.radioarnedo.com/2026/08/noticias/la-guardia-civil-esclarece-una-estafa-del-familiar-en-apuros-que-tambien-se-ha-denunciado-en-arnedo-y-calahorra/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in the original Spanish on 2026-10-11 (HTTP 200) by the research agent (an AI); English renderings in this record are the research agent's own translations and no human translator reviewed them. Radio Arnedo report of 26 August 2026 relaying the same Guardia Civil statement ('Según ha explicado este martes 25 de agosto el Instituto Armad[o]'); same group as s1.","independence_group":"guardia-civil-la-rioja-25-aug-2026"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.laopiniondezamora.es/sucesos/delitos-informaticos/2026/10/10/llamada-voz-hija-esconder-estafa-135215635.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in the original Spanish on 2026-10-11 (HTTP 200) by the research agent (an AI); English renderings in this record are the research agent's own translations and no human translator reviewed them. La Opinión de Zamora article of 10 October 2026 built on ESET advice; its summary of the La Rioja case derives from the same Guardia Civil account, so same group.","independence_group":"guardia-civil-la-rioja-25-aug-2026"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://actualidadriojabaja.com/identificado-en-la-rioja-el-presunto-autor-de-la-estafa-familiar-en-apuros-con-una-voz-clonada-por-ia/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in the original Spanish on 2026-10-11 (HTTP 200; body fetched by the nw1 lane of this sweep and re-read by the vc agent) by the research agent (an AI); English renderings in this record are the research agent's own translations and no human translator reviewed them. ActualidadRiojaBaja report dated 25 August 2026 relaying the same Guardia Civil statement; same group as s1-s3.","independence_group":"guardia-civil-la-rioja-25-aug-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","relationships","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["When the messages and call happened (the statement was issued on 25 August 2026)","The victim's identity, gender and age","How the fraudsters obtained a sample of the daughter's voice and which tool they used","Whether the presumed perpetrator has been charged"],"geography":{"basis":"Event: the Guardia Civil 'ha esclarecido en La Rioja' the case (s1), and its La Rioja investigators handled it (s2). Affected person: the victim's residence is not stated beyond the case being handled in La Rioja, so the affected-person country rests on the event location reported by the force. No court is involved.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["ES"],"affected_person_countries":["ES"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a reported case: the Guardia Civil, as relayed by two La Rioja outlets, describes one victim deceived by a call answered by a voice its investigators established was AI-generated imitation of the victim's daughter, leading to a 9,980.25-euro transfer that banks later froze and returned. All claims rest on the force's statement; the loss was temporary, so severity is low. No identifying details are reported or added.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-11"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"La Rioja and Radio Arnedo report the Guardia Civil's statement that its EDITE investigators established that the voice answering the victim's call had been generated with AI tools ('constató el uso de herramientas de IA para suplantar la identidad mediante la clonación de voz'; 'la voz utilizada durante la llamada había sido generada mediante herramientas de inteligencia artificial'). The AI voice spoke to the victim on the call (communicated_with) and impersonated the daughter toward the victim (depicted_or_impersonated), and both outlets report that hearing it removed the victim's doubts and led to the 9,980.25-euro transfer. The finding is the force's as reported; no technical detail or tool is given.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with","depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"La Rioja, Spain: Guardia Civil says a parent sent 9,980 euros after a call with an AI clone of their daughter's voice; the money was recovered","summary":"The Guardia Civil in La Rioja said on 25 August 2026 that it had solved a 'relative in trouble' fraud in which the criminals used artificial intelligence to clone the voice of the victim's daughter. According to the force's account as reported by the newspaper La Rioja and Radio Arnedo, the victim received WhatsApp messages from an unknown number by someone posing as the daughter and asking for urgent money; when the victim called that number to check, a voice that sounded like the daughter answered, and the victim transferred 9,980.25 euros. Investigators of the Guardia Civil's technology team established that the voice had been generated with AI tools. Urgent coordination with the banks froze the funds in the destination account and the full amount was returned to the victim; Radio Arnedo and ActualidadRiojaBaja report that the presumed perpetrator was identified and investigated.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-08-25","aiSystem":"AI voice-cloning tools ('herramientas de IA para suplantar la identidad mediante la clonación de voz'), as established by the Guardia Civil investigation (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified voice-cloning tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Guardia Civil as reported by La Rioja and Radio Arnedo, the victim transferred 9,980.25 euros after a call answered by an AI-generated imitation of their daughter's voice; the funds were frozen and the full amount was returned, so the loss was temporary.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the victim who made the transfer. The daughter whose voice was imitated is not counted because no harm to her is reported. The three Arnedo and Calahorra victims in the same statement are not counted because no source says AI was used in their cases. The victim did not use the AI.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"ES","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.larioja.com/la-rioja/sucesos/clonan-voz-hija-ia-estafarle-10000-euros-20260825095405-nt.html","primarySourceLabel":"La Rioja, 25 August 2026: daughter's voice cloned with AI to swindle almost 10,000 euros","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-11T03:17:00.599664+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T03:17:00.599664+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["voice-clone","family-impersonation-scam","whatsapp","spain","la-rioja","guardia-civil","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-italy-fano-fossombrone-ai-modified-video-call-fake-carabiniere-gold-theft","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Videochiamata modificata con l’intelligenza artificiale, la truffa diventa super tecnologica: è quanto successo in due distinte occasioni a Fano e Fossombrone. I malviventi hanno mostrato sullo schermo del telefono un volto e sullo sfondo uno stemma dell’Arma dei carabinieri.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"On two separate occasions in Fano and Fossombrone, fraudsters used a video call modified with artificial intelligence that showed a face and the Carabinieri emblem on the phone screen.","causal_attribution":"The outlet's description; it does not attribute the AI element to the Carabinieri or the victims."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Sullo schermo del telefono cellulare, l’anziano ha visto l’interlocutore stagliarsi davanti a uno stemma ufficiale dell’Arma dei Carabinieri. Tutto sembrava credibile e la vittima ha iniziato ad agitarsi per l’ipotetico coinvolgimento giudiziario. Così ha mostrato uno per uno i monili d’oro e i preziosi custoditi in casa.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Pochi minuti dopo, alla porta dell’abitazione si è presentato un complice che ha prelevato i monili d’oro e anche del denaro contante. Il bottino è da quantificare ma si parla di qualche migliaia di euro.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"In Fano, after the 70-year-old showed his jewellery on the video call, an accomplice came to his door and took gold jewellery and cash, reportedly a few thousand euros.","causal_attribution":"The video call was the means by which the fake officer persuaded him to show his valuables; the amount is not yet quantified."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Stesse identiche modalità anche nei confronti di un 80enne di Fossombrone. Anche qui il finto video con lo stemma dell’Arma fino alla razzia di gioielli per qualche migliaio di euro. Ma per i truffatori era troppo poco così hanno intimato all’anziano di autorizzare due distinti bonifici bancari online per un valore complessivo di 15.000 euro, come cauzione. Per fortuna non li ha effettuati.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"In Fossombrone, an 80-year-old was targeted the same way, lost jewellery worth a few thousand euros, and did not make the two bank transfers totalling 15,000 euros the fraudsters then demanded as bail.","causal_attribution":"Reported as the same method; the amount is approximate."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Scoperte le truffe, le vittime hanno dato l’allarme ai carabinieri, quelli veri che stanno cercando di risalire ai responsabili.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The victims alerted the Carabinieri, who are trying to trace those responsible.","causal_attribution":"Investigation status as reported by the outlet."}],"effects":[{"label":"gold jewellery and cash taken from two elderly men after a fake officer's reportedly AI-modified video call","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.centropagina.it/pesaro/cronaca-fano-intelligenza-artificiale-videochiamata-finto-carabiniere-truffa/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read live in Italian on 2026-10-01 (CentroPagina, 28 September 2026). Byline Luigi Benelli; no attributed police statement. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"centropagina-fano"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["The dates of the two incidents.","What exactly was AI-generated (the officer's face, the emblem or both) and how the outlet established it.","The exact amounts taken.","Whether the same group carried out both incidents."],"geography":{"basis":"CentroPagina places the incidents in Fano and Fossombrone and describes the victims as a 70-year-old from Fano ('70enne fanese') and an 80-year-old from Fossombrone; both towns are in Italy. The callers' location is unknown.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IT"],"affected_person_countries":["IT"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter: two elderly men lost jewellery and cash after a fake Carabinieri officer spoke with them through a video call that a local outlet says was modified with AI. One local news report; the victims are private individuals and are not named. The AI element rests on the outlet's description.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-01"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"CentroPagina states that the video call was modified with artificial intelligence and that a fake Carabinieri officer appeared with AI in front of the emblem. It does not say who identified the AI element, and no recording, forensic detail or tool is reported. The modified video was the channel through which the fake officer spoke with both men (communicated_with); the AI did not depict the victims.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Italy: two elderly men in Fano and Fossombrone show their gold on video calls from a fake Carabinieri officer, in calls a local outlet says were modified with AI, and an accomplice collects their valuables, reportedly worth a few thousand euros, from each home","summary":"CentroPagina reported on 28 September 2026 that on two separate occasions in Fano and Fossombrone (Marche), fraudsters used a video call modified with artificial intelligence, showing a face and the Carabinieri emblem on screen. A 70-year-old man in Fano was told by a caller posing as a Carabinieri officer that his car was involved in a jewellery-shop robbery and that he had to show his gold to clear himself. On the video call he showed his jewellery one piece at a time; while he was kept on the phone, an accomplice came to the door and took gold jewellery and cash, reportedly a few thousand euros. An 80-year-old man in Fossombrone was targeted the same way and lost jewellery worth a few thousand euros; he did not make the two online transfers totalling 15,000 euros that the fraudsters then demanded as bail. The victims alerted the Carabinieri, who are seeking those responsible.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-09-28","aiSystem":"A video call 'modificata con l'intelligenza artificiale' (CentroPagina) showing a fake Carabinieri officer's face in front of the Carabinieri emblem; the tool, and whether the face or only the setting was generated, are not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["property_loss","financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Two elderly men lost gold jewellery (and, in Fano, cash), reportedly a few thousand euros each, after a fake officer on a reportedly AI-modified video call persuaded them to show their valuables and an accomplice collected them (CentroPagina).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"Two people: a 70-year-old in Fano and an 80-year-old in Fossombrone (CentroPagina). Exact 2.","victimAgeRange":"elderly","jurisdiction":"IT","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.centropagina.it/pesaro/cronaca-fano-intelligenza-artificiale-videochiamata-finto-carabiniere-truffa/","primarySourceLabel":"CentroPagina, 28 September 2026: Fano, l'intelligenza artificiale per la videochiamata col finto carabiniere: truffa a segno","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-01T03:12:31.418547+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-01T03:12:31.418547+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","video-call-scam","fake-police-scam","elderly","jewellery-theft","italy","italian-language"]}]}