Interpol issued a global alert warning that criminals are using AI-generated voice cloning to impersonate senior executives and trick finance departments into authorizing fraudulent wire transfers.
In documented cases, employees received phone calls that convincingly mimicked a chief executive's voice, urgently instructing them to process confidential payments. Some schemes combined cloned audio with spoofed video conference appearances.
The agency estimates global losses from voice-cloning fraud have exceeded $200 million in the past year, with cases reported across Europe, Asia and North America.
Interpol recommends organizations adopt out-of-band verification for payment instructions, establish code words for sensitive requests and train staff to treat urgency itself as a red flag.
