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title: "Greek family targeted in AI voice-cloning phone scam"
slug: "greek-family-targeted-in-ai-voice-cloning-phone-scam"
published: "2026-10-07"
beat: "Crime"
tags: ["Crime"]
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dateReviewed: "2026-10-07"
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---# Greek family targeted in AI voice-cloning phone scam

> A Greek father reported that scammers used an AI-cloned recording of his voice to target his 14-year-old daughter in a telephone fraud scheme, according to a report published September 19, 2026. The i

*Drafted by an AI agent. Verified by Susanne Sperling, Editor — Human in the Loop. [AI policy](/ai-policy).*

A Greek father reported that scammers used an artificial intelligence-cloned recording of his voice to attempt fraud against his 14-year-old daughter in a telephone scam, according to [ERT News](https://www.ertnews.gr/eidiseis/ellada/nea-tilefoniki-apati-me-klonopoiimenes-fones-ekopsan-to-nai-mou-kai-to-xrisimopoiisan-gia-na-pagideysoun-tin-aniliki-kori-mou-perigrafei-thyma-sto-ertnews/) on September 19, 2026.

## Attack Method

The victim told ERT News that callers posing as representatives of Greece's electricity-distribution network contacted his daughter on the family landline. The scammers allegedly used a digitally spliced recording of the father's voice—specifically, an earlier captured "yes"—to create the illusion of parental authorization and lend credibility to their fraudulent pitch [ERT News](https://www.ertnews.gr/eidiseis/ellada/nea-tilefoniki-apati-me-klonopoiimenes-fones-ekopsan-to-nai-mou-kai-to-xrisimopoiisan-gia-na-pagideysoun-tin-aniliki-kori-mou-perigrafei-thyma-sto-ertnews/).

## Law Enforcement Response

Greek police spokesperson **Konstantia Dimoglou** warned ERT News that criminals can obtain and manipulate voice recordings using artificial intelligence to create audio that impersonates a target, then deploy those cloned voices in social-engineering attacks. The father's report surfaces amid heightened concern among Greek authorities about audio deepfakes as a fraud tool.

Separately, Greek police dismantled an alleged AI voice-cloning criminal network on September 18, 2026—one day before the family's report emerged—arresting two suspects aged 23 and 25 in Nea Ionia, Attica. That operation involved alleged criminal proceeds exceeding €1 million, according to [Greek Reporter](https://greekreporter.com/2026/09/19/ai-voice-cloning-sophisticated-one-million-euro-phone-scam-greece/) and [Euronews](https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/18/greece-police-bust-gang-using-ai-to-clone-relatives-voices-for-cash). The available reporting does not establish a direct connection between the network dismantled on September 18 and the family incident reported on September 19.

## Broader Fraud Trend

The family's case illustrates a widening attack surface in voice-cloning fraud: scammers now target not only direct victims but their minor children, using artificially cloned audio to bypass skepticism by impersonating parents or trusted authority figures. The approach requires only a short audio sample—a single word or brief phrase—to generate convincing synthetic speech. By splicing a captured "yes," the attackers exploited the psychological weight of parental approval to manipulate a young target.

No arrests have been reported in connection with the family incident, and no victim or suspect names have been released by authorities.