Florida police say scammers cloned a sheriff’s voice
Original title: Police Say Scammers Used AI to Clone a Sheriff’s Voice
Osceola County officials told local news a resident received a voicemail using Sheriff Steve Moser’s cloned voice and picture.
A Florida police department says scammers used AI to clone Osceola County Sheriff Steve Moser’s voice and left a voicemail for a resident, also using his picture. Sheriff Chris Blackmon described the call to News6. Impersonating a police officer is a third-degree felony in Florida. The sheriff’s office had not responded to 404 Media. Similar jury-duty and warrant scams were reported in Georgia and Pennsylvania, without an explicit AI-cloning claim.
Unconfirmed: The account comes from police statements to News6; the sheriff’s office had not confirmed it to 404 Media.
- The named target of the clone is Sheriff Steve Moser.
- Blackmon said the scammers used Moser’s picture as well as his voice.
- Other states’ reports note similar officer voices but do not cite AI cloning.
- A separate February case involved a cloned law-firm partner and a $108 million transfer.
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The scammers used the voice of a specific sheriff to impersonate him.
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