Deepfake case study · Audio
Sharon Brightwell deepfake (Oct 2025)
Sharon Brightwell was tricked out of $15,000 after listening to what she thought was her daughter crying down the phone, telling her that she had been in an accident and needed money. An AI voice clone was used to…
- Incident date
- Oct 2025
- Target
- Sharon Brightwell
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Sharon Brightwell was tricked out of $15,000 after listening to what she thought was her daughter crying down the phone, telling her that she had been in an accident and needed money. An AI voice clone was used to impersonate her daughter.