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\nA Florida woman was conned out of $15,000 due to AI-cloned audio of her daughter\u2019s voiceSharon Brightwell said she received a phone call from a number similar to her daughter\u2019s, and when she answered, she heard her daughter tearfully proclaim that she had been in a car crash \u2014 but it was all a scam\u201cThere is nobody that could convince me that it wasn\u2019t her,\u201d Brightwell said<\/p>\n
A Florida woman fell victim to a cold-hearted scam.\n<\/p>\n
Sharon Brightwell was conned out of $15,000 due to AI-cloned audio of her daughter\u2019s voice. On July 9, she received a phone call from a number similar to her daughter\u2019s, according to WFLA<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n When the concerned mother answered, she heard her daughter tearfully proclaim that she had been in a car crash.\n<\/p>\n “There is nobody that could convince me that it wasn\u2019t her,” Brightwell said. “I know my daughter\u2019s cry.”\n<\/p>\n A woman on the phone (stock image).<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n The caller claimed to have gotten in a car crash with a pregnant woman while texting and driving. Then a man, claiming to be an attorney, informed Brightwell that her daughter was being detained and needed $15,000 in bail money.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Brightwell withdrew the cash and followed the delivery instructions. However, afterwards, she received another call claiming that the pregnant woman lost her baby during the accident and was threatening to sue.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Brightwell was informed that the family would not sue if she gave them another $30,000.\n<\/p>\n Brightwell’s grandson then intervened and, together with a family friend, helped her get in touch with her real daughter. “When I heard her voice, I broke down,” she told WFLA. “She was fine. She was still at work.”\n<\/p>\n A police report has been filed with the Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office (HCSO), which told PEOPLE that “detectives are investigating this case.”\n<\/p>\n “That is all the information we have at this time as it remains an active investigation,” officials said.\n<\/p>\n