Archive · 11 Jan 2026
AI Voice Cloning Scam Dupes Indore Teacher
A teacher named Smita from Indore received a call that sounded exactly like her cousin.
The caller said a friend had a heart attack and needed money for surgery.
Smita believed the voice and sent Rs 97,500.
The next day, she found out it was a scam using AI to copy her cousin's voice.
The police think this is the first such case in Madhya Pradesh.
Many people lose money to cybercrime, but very little is recovered.
Social media is a big source of these crimes.
A schoolteacher from Indore lost Rs 97,500 in an AI voice cloning scam.
Fraudsters cloned her cousin's voice to trick her into transferring money.
The scam involved sending QR codes for four transactions.
Police suspect this is Madhya Pradesh's first confirmed AI-driven voice-modulation cyber fraud.
Cybercrime recovery rate in Madhya Pradesh is less than 0.2% over the last four years.
- Who
- Smita, a schoolteacher from Indore, and her cousin who works for the UP Police's emergency dial service
- What
- AI voice cloning scam resulting in financial loss
- When
- January 6, 2024
- Where
- Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Why
- Fraudsters used AI to clone the cousin's voice and trick Smita into transferring money
- Victim
- Smita, a schoolteacher from Indore
- Amount Lost
- Rs 97,500
- Transactions
- Four transactions (three of Rs 30,000 and one of Rs 7,500)
- Technology Used
- AI-based voice modulation
- Police Response
- Complaint filed at Lasudia police station
- Cybercrime Recovery Rate
- Less than 0.2% over the last four years
- Total Cyber Fraud Losses
- Rs 1,054 crore (May 2021 - July 2025)
- Social Media Crime Percentage
- 37% to 53% of all cases
