Overview
- An impostor posing as the ex-Inter forward used a different WhatsApp number and a cloned voice to solicit an urgent transfer from his mother, Rosilda Ribeiro.
- The mother sent more than 15,000 reais (about €2,400) to a fraudulent account, and the money had not been recovered at the time of reporting.
- Adriano demanded the funds be returned within 24 hours and warned he would come find the perpetrator if they did not comply.
- He emphasized that he has not changed his phone number and asked relatives and fans to distrust sudden requests for cash.
- News outlets highlighted the case as part of a growing wave of AI-driven cloned-voice scams that exploit family trust and are hard to undo once transfers occur.