Scammers are using AI-powered voice-cloning tools to prey on people. But experts say there's a simple way to protect you and your family.
Benjamin Perkin’s elderly parents lost thousands of dollars to a voice scam. His parents received a phone call from an alleged lawyer, saying their son had killed a U.S. diplomat in a car accident. Perkin was in jail and...
Phone call-based scams are nothing new. But it seems like scammers are working overtime to find new ways to cheat and steal from their victims. The latest phone scams involve AI voice cloning to trick people into thinking that they are being contacted by a loved one. Protecting yourself fr...
Always question the source.In addition to voice cloning tools, cybercriminals have other tools that can spoof phone numbers so that they look legitimate. Even if it’s a voicemail or text from a number you recognize, stop, pause, and think. Does that really sound like the person you think...
Senate meeting her terrifying encounter with scammers who used the voice of her 15-year-old daughter, claiming they had her. "Mom, these bad men have me. Help me, help me, help me," DeStefano said she was told over the phone. But her daughter was safe in her bed. Kathy Stokes...
AI voice-cloning scams are on the rise, here's how you can protect yourself AI scams are becoming more prevalent, according to cybersecurity company IdentityIQ. The Federal Trade Commission warns that scammers are usingartificial intelligenceto clone people’s voices, and the crimes are leading ...
Also:The NSA advises you to turn your phone off and back on once a week - here's why Scammers can use these calls for voice phishing, or fake calling you specifically to gather those few seconds of audio needed to successfully clone your voice. Especially if the number ...
tone of a speaker’s voice, while other options needas little as three seconds. For those targeted—which is often the elderly, the Post reported—it can be increasingly difficult to detect when a voice is inauthentic, even when the emergency circumstances described by scammers seem impla...
Think before you act. You will only face the consequences of AI voice scams andvishingif you act according to the fraudsters’ wishes. Even if the voice sounds like the person you know, verify the caller’s identity by calling their phone number, for instance. ...
The newly emerged AI face-swapping scams have been successful repeatedly. Scammers create real-time AI videos from photos and utilize voice cloning technology to replicate the victim's voice. They then add the victim into the video call, making it appear as if the victim is speaking to a ...