Scammers Can Use AI to Fake Anyone’s Voice
It didn't take long for scammers to start using AI "voice cloning" to fool people.
As you can see from this NBC News report, it’s easy to grab samples of a person’s voice from social media and use it to generate anything you want to say
Scammers use the AI voice generator technology to mimic someone’s voice, often a young child, to fool a relative into thinking the child is being held for ransom. The scammer demands a sum of money in return for releasing the child safely.
The scam is incredibly realistic, and people are being caught off guard.
There are also different variations using the same technology. A couple from Canada lost $21,000 ($15,449 in U.S. dollars) following a phony phone call from a “lawyer”: The scammer was pretending to represent their child after he allegedly killed a diplomat’s son in a car accident, and needed money for “legal fees” while their son “was in jail,”
The best line of defense is awareness. If you know about the scam and understand how it works
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/03/05/ai-voice-scam/