Deepfake case study · Audio
Elizabeth Benz and her son Fred deepfake (Oct 2025)
A mother in Buffalo, Elizabeth Benz, received a phone call where a scammer used AI to mimic her son's voice, claiming he was in danger and demanding a ransom of $2,500. The scam was confirmed to be an AI-generated…
- Incident date
- Oct 2025
- Target
- Elizabeth Benz and her son Fred
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
A mother in Buffalo, Elizabeth Benz, received a phone call where a scammer used AI to mimic her son's voice, claiming he was in danger and demanding a ransom of $2,500. The scam was confirmed to be an AI-generated voice scam by a SUNY professor.