Scammers used an AI voice clone and a fake WhatsApp message to move €95 million out of …

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. AI Scammed: As AI models grow in complexity and capabilities, scammers are expanding their business opportunities as well. Social engineering techniques have fully translated into this new wild AI world, and high profile executives are losing their jobs as a consequence. Sources familiar with the matter have unveiled yet another case involving an executive who lost his high-paying position due to an AI-based scam. Paolo Molesini, chairman of private banking institution Fideuram, was targeted in a complex fraud scheme that began in February 2026. Molesini resigned from his position soon afterward, and the bank is still trying to recover the full amount extracted by cybercriminals. Fideuram is the private banking arm of Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s largest bank and one of Europe’s biggest banking institutions. Like other private banks, the organization provides services to high-profile customers with significant financial assets. The sources said that Molesini first received a WhatsApp message that appeared to come from Intesa Sanpaolo CEO Carlo Messina. Messina was apparently asking Molesini to help with a large overseas transaction. After the initial message, Fideuram’s chairman received a phone call from a senior partner at
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