AI messaging scam costs Italy's top bank Intesa millions, sources say

Evidence record

Reuters reporting on the February Fideuram fraud, including the fake WhatsApp identity, AI-emulated lawyer voice, roughly EUR 95 million in overseas transfers, recovery efforts and an earlier estimate of about EUR 36 million still unaccounted for.

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• supportsVoice cloning and fake executive messages moved roughly €95 million from Fideuram: The February fraud used a fake WhatsApp identity attributed to Intesa Sanpaolo CEO Carlo Messina and a follow-up call using an AI-recreated voice of a lawyer known to Paolo Molesini, supported by transaction documents and payment instructions.

  Opening account of the WhatsApp impersonation and AI-emulated lawyer voice

• supportsVoice cloning and fake executive messages moved roughly €95 million from Fideuram: Reporting based on the investigation says Fideuram transferred approximately EUR 95 million during the fraud sequence.

  Opening paragraphs reporting approximately EUR 95 million transferred

• supportsVoice cloning and fake executive messages moved roughly €95 million from Fideuram: Public loss reporting diverged: Reuters initially reported about EUR 36 million unaccounted for after around EUR 53 million recovered, while later ANSA court-record reporting put the residual missing amount at EUR 39.5 million.

  Recovery paragraph reporting around EUR 53 million recovered and about EUR 36 million unaccounted for