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Jay Shooster's parents deepfake (Oct 2024)
Scammers used AI to clone Jay Shooster's voice to convince his parents to send $30,000. They falsely claimed Shooster was in a car accident and needed bail money. Only 15 seconds of Shooster's voice from a recent TV…
- Incident date
- Oct 2024
- Target
- Jay Shooster's parents
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Scammers used AI to clone Jay Shooster's voice to convince his parents to send $30,000. They falsely claimed Shooster was in a car accident and needed bail money. Only 15 seconds of Shooster's voice from a recent TV appearance were used to create the AI clone.