Fact #47 TechNumbers

$5 millionreported lost to voice-cloned distress scams, within $893,346,472 of AI-linked fraud

The FBI's 2025 report attributes over $5 million in losses to voice-cloned distress scams, a small slice of the $893,346,472 lost across 22,364 complaints that mention AI.

AI-linked business email compromise accounted for over $30 million. The FBI says lip movement and audio do not fully coordinate in AI-assisted video interviews. Figures are complaint-based, unverified allegations.

Source: FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center. Read more: deepfake voice and video, grandparent family emergency · case file

Sources

  1. 2025 Internet Crime Report. FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center. Accessed 2026-09-06. Supports: Every figure and observation above, from the Artificial Intelligence Used in Cybercrime section.