Her grandson's voice said he was under arrest. This senior was almost scammed with suspected AI voice cloning
Artificial intelligence has made the grandparent scam, where fraudsters pretend to be a loved one in trouble, that much trickier. Now, scammers can clone the voice of your family members and use it to get you to open up your wallet.
The voice was convincing.
The caller identified himself as police, but then another voice came on the line.
"He goes, 'Hi Grandma. Yeah, I got in trouble here. The police say they need some money to release me or they're going to keep me in jail,'" K... [4338 chars]
Published by: CBC.ca
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