{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-23T08:34:32.218Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"robot","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"","response":"regulatory","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":1,"minors":0,"coreRelations":1,"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-yueqing-online-loan-fraud-ring-ai-voice-robot-calls-30-arrested","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'从正规平台贷出的15500元被骗得分文不剩。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'在正规平台申请贷款 15500 元'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'今年7月'; '网上平台业务员引导他在正规借贷平台上申请贷款15500元。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"In July 2026 a man in Yueqing seeking a loan for his child's summer tuition was guided by a supposed loan-platform agent into borrowing 15,500 yuan and transferring it to the fraudsters, losing the whole amount, and reported it to police.","causal_attribution":"Victim's account and police investigation as reported by CCTV."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'犯罪嫌疑人在AI平台付费获取动态账号密码，只需导入从非法渠道获取的手机号码库，设定好拨打时段和频率，系统便会自动批量拨号；'; '这套系统根据沟通中出现的几个关键词，对受害人进行A到F六个等级的分类'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'办案民警叶捷介绍称，该团伙通过 AI 机器人引流、再交由真人实施诈骗。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'先在AI平台付费获取动态账号密码，只需导入从非法渠道获取的手机号码库，设定好拨打时段和频率，系统便会自动批量拨号'; '这是一个通过AI机器人进行引流、再交由真人实施诈骗的团伙'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Police say the ring paid for accounts on an AI platform and used an AI voice system to dial imported phone numbers automatically, respond to people with scripted speech by keyword, sort them into six grades and transfer interested people to human operators.","causal_attribution":"Yueqing police description of the ring's method."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'那时候没听出来它是机器人，我以为是真人打过来的'; '警察跟我说了之前说话的是机器人'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'据大部分接到过AI诈骗电话的被害人回忆，无论是语气还是问答过程，不仔细听根本无法分辨对面“客服”到底是AI还是真人。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Another victim said he had thought he was speaking with a human customer-service agent until police told him it was a robot; Wenzhou News reports that most victims who received the AI calls could not tell the voice from a person.","causal_attribution":"Victim's statement to CCTV; victims' recollections as summarised by CCTV and repeated by Wenzhou News."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'在搜查中警方发现，这家公司在短短2个月时间内，竟然诈骗了上千人'; '目前，本案已抓获犯罪嫌疑人30名，冻结涉案资金100余万元，查缴各类作案工具百余件，团伙涉案流水超千万元。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'诈骗团伙在两个月内致上千人受骗，目前 30 名嫌疑人已被抓获，涉案流水超千万元。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Police say the ring defrauded more than a thousand people in two months; as reported by CCTV on 29 September 2026, 30 suspects were detained on suspicion of fraud, more than 1 million yuan was frozen, and the ring's transactions exceeded 10 million yuan.","causal_attribution":"Police figures as reported; no court finding."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'累计抓获涉案人员90余名，冻结涉案资金100余万元，查缴各类作案工具百余件，涉案流水资金超千万元。'; '目前，本案嫌疑人均因涉嫌诈骗罪被依法采取刑事强制措施，案件正在进一步侦办中。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Wenzhou News reported on 12 October 2026 that police had detained a cumulative total of more than 90 people in the case, with more than 1 million yuan frozen and transactions above 10 million yuan, and that the case remained under investigation.","causal_attribution":"Police figures as reported by Wenzhou News; no court finding."}],"effects":[{"label":"defrauded of loan money after an AI voice-calling system screened and passed them to fraudsters posing as loan-platform staff","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.cnr.cn/newscenter/native/gd/20260929/t20260929_527828788.shtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Simplified Chinese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-13 and translated by that agent; no human translation. CNR copy of the CCTV News Fazhi Zaixian report of 29 September 2026 (GB18030 page converted), HTTP 200; carries the Yueqing police account and interviews.","independence_group":"yueqing-police-account"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://finance.sina.cn/stock/jdts/2026-09-29/detail-initnsef2867793.d.html?vt=4","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Simplified Chinese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-13 and translated by that agent; no human translation. Sina Finance relay of IT Home's summary of the CCTV report, HTTP 200; derivative of s1.","independence_group":"yueqing-police-account"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.66wz.com/wendu/system/2026/10/12/105852909.shtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Simplified Chinese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-13 and translated by that agent; no human translation. Wenzhou News (66wz.com), 12 October 2026 17:12, HTTP 200 (GB18030 page converted). Retells the same Yueqing police account, much of it in wording that matches s1, so it is grouped with s1 and does not independently corroborate it; it adds the cumulative detention total.","independence_group":"yueqing-police-account"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance"],"unknowns":["Which AI platform supplied the calling accounts.","Whether the first victim's own call was placed by the AI system or a human agent; the reports describe the AI system for the ring's calls generally.","The number of victims and losses beyond the police's 'more than a thousand' and the 10 million yuan transaction figure.","When the people beyond the 30 reported on 29 September were detained, and whether the more-than-90 total uses the same counting basis (Wenzhou News gives no date or breakdown).","Charges and court outcomes."],"geography":{"basis":"The first reported victim lives in Yueqing, Zhejiang, and the call centre was in Changsha, Hunan (CCTV via CNR). No court step is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["CN"],"affected_person_countries":["CN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Full review on 2026-10-13 adding the 12 October Wenzhou News report of more than 90 people detained. The AI voice system's calls to victims are described by Yueqing police (communicated_with). All three reports carry one police account (one independence group), so the claims stay reported. Victims appear only by surname in the sources and are not identified here.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-13"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Yueqing police describe an AI voice-calling system rented from an AI platform that automatically called people, responded with scripted speech by keyword and classified them before transfer to human operators (CCTV via CNR; IT Home via Sina; Wenzhou News on 12 October 2026). A victim says police told him the voice he spoke with was a robot, and Wenzhou News reports that most victims who received the AI calls could not tell it from a person. The AI system spoke with the victims (communicated_with); the fraud itself was carried out by human operators. No platform is named.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Chinese police report over 1,000 fraud victims in a scheme using automated AI calls","summary":"According to police in Yueqing, Zhejiang, as reported by CCTV's Fazhi Zaixian programme on 29 September 2026, a man in Yueqing who wanted to borrow money for his child's summer tuition in July 2026 received a call from a supposed loan-platform agent who knew his borrowing history. Guided by the agent, he took out a 15,500-yuan loan on a legitimate platform and then transferred 5,500 yuan as a supposed 'funder's advance' and 10,000 yuan for supposed repayment, losing the whole amount. His report led police to a call centre in an office building in Changsha, Hunan. Police say the ring paid for accounts on an AI platform, loaded illegally obtained phone numbers, and let an AI voice system call people automatically with recorded scripts that responded to keywords, sorting them into six categories and transferring interested people to human operators; another victim said he had not realised the voice was a robot until police told him. Police say the ring defrauded more than a thousand people in two months, with victims including recent graduates and middle-aged and older people. CCTV reported 30 suspects detained on suspicion of fraud, more than 1 million yuan frozen and transactions above 10 million yuan. On 12 October 2026 Wenzhou News, reporting the same Yueqing police case, gave a cumulative total of more than 90 people detained, with the same frozen-funds and transaction figures.","incidentDate":"2026-07-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-09-29","aiSystem":"An AI voice-calling system rented from an AI platform by the fraud ring, which placed automated calls with scripted responses and classified callees before transferring them to human operators (per Yueqing police)","aiProduct":"Unidentified AI voice-calling system","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Police say a fraud ring that used an AI voice-calling system to find and engage potential borrowers defrauded more than a thousand people in two months; one man lost a 15,500-yuan loan (Yueqing police via CCTV).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1000,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"CCTV reporting republished by CNR on 29 September 2026 quotes Yueqing police saying the ring received transfers from over 1,000 victims in two months (上千名被害人的转账). Count 1,000 as a conservative documented lower bound for the bounded fraud scheme. The two interviewed victims are examples within that total, not additional people. The 30 suspects are not counted. The source does not quantify how many victims individually encountered AI calls, so this is a case-level fraud total, not an AI-exposure total.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"CN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.cnr.cn/newscenter/native/gd/20260929/t20260929_527828788.shtml","primarySourceLabel":"CNR (relaying CCTV News), 29 Sep 2026: Fazhi Zaixian report on AI bulk dialling in an online-loan fraud (利用AI批量拨号，两月上千人被骗)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-01T03:18:00.879209+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-13T03:15:05.90066+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-voice-robot","loan-fraud","telecom-fraud","call-centre","china","zhejiang","yueqing","arrests"]}]}