AI Voice Cloning Scams Hit Lawrence: What You Need to Know

In Lawrence, Kansas, police responded after a family member received a phone call in which the caller ID showed the mother’s number and a voice that sounded like the mother said a man had a gun to her head and was demanding money. The caller’s brother received the same call and the mother was not answering her phone. Officers used a shared location app to track the mother’s phone, followed a moving location to a vehicle, and conducted a high‑risk vehicle stop; the occupants complied and were not involved. The report states the incident involved AI voice cloning and caller ID spoofing and notes many similar cases originate overseas and often go unsolved.

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