A couple in Canada were reportedly scammed out of $21,000 after getting a call from an AI-generated voice pretending to be their son.
https://www.businessinsider.com/couple-canada-reportedly-los...
https://www.businessinsider.com/couple-canada-reportedly-los...
https://www.aarp.org/podcasts/the-perfect-scam/
They have quite a few stories about "virtual kidnappings" and interview the people involved -- it's quite interesting, and has given me a lot of insight into how typical it would be for people to hear panic and react with panic...precisely how these scams are intended to go.