Mom Says Daughter's Voice Was Cloned By AI Technology To Create Seven-Figure Kidnapping Scam! OMG!
14.04.2023 - 17:31
/ perezhilton.com
Add this to the list of terrifying things we now have to worry about as technology continues to progress…
A mother in Arizona dealt with the shock of her life earlier this month after a man called her claiming he’d kidnapped her 15-year-old daughter and wanted $1 million in ransom money.
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Jennifer DeStefano (pictured above) was at a dance class with another one of her daughters when she received a phone call from an unknown number. Her teenage daughter Briana had been on a ski trip with her father, so the only reason Jennifer even answered the phone at all was because she was worried something might have happened to the girl.
But when she picked up, she wasn’t prepared for what she heard. Jennifer spoke to NBC 15 Arizona this week about the call, which turned out to be one of the most horrific experiences of her life:
While Jennifer was scrambling trying to figure out what was going on, a man’s voice came on the phone.
As she recalled to the news outlet, he immediately began making demands and telling the mom terrible things would happen to Briana if she didn’t comply:
OMG!!!
Then, the man demanded Jennifer pay $1 million for the safe return of her daughter. When the mom told the man she didn’t have that kind of money, he lowered his ask to $50,000. She did her best to keep him on the phone and talking while another mom at the studio called the police — and a third mom called Jennifer’s husband.
In just a couple minutes, that third phone call confirmed that Briana was safe and sound. As Jennifer recalled, the concerned parents were able to confirm the teenager was just fine and not part of any kidnapping:
So how did the kidnapping scam