AI voice-cloning is a significant threat as part of financial scams targeting older adults, as well as for misinformation in political campaigns, according to Siwei Lyu, professor of computer ...
Voice cloning scams in 2024 did just that by cloning the voice of an individual and then calling friends and family members to ask for money to get them out of a jam, like a car accident or an arrest.
ICICI Bank has warned about a new threat involving voice cloning scams. Cybercriminals are using advanced AI technology to mimic the voices of family members, friends, or trusted associates to deceive ...
Phone numbers also can be spoofed to mimic those of callers known to the target of voice cloning scams. In 2023, senior citizens were conned out of roughly $3.4 billion in a range of financial ...
Older people who might not be as familiar with new technologies such as AI can be particularly susceptible to these types of scams, particularly when the caller on the other line sounds identical to a ...
These scams are so convincing they blur the line between truth and deception. From con artists posing as police officers to scammers cloning a child’s voice to trick a mother into handing over money, ...