A man was swindled out of $25,000 after fraudsters used AI to replicate his son's voice and tricked him into sending money.
A man was swindled out of $25,000 after fraudsters used AI to replicate his son's voice and tricked him into sending money.A man was swindled out of $25,000 after fraudsters used AI to replicate his son's voice and tricked him into sending money.
After a short conversation he hanged up. He got another call from someone named Michael Roberts who claimed to be a lawyer. He then told Anthony he needed $9,200 for his son's bail. Anthony went to the bank to get the money. To avoid suspicion, he told the bank that the money was for a solar panel installation and the bank approved the request."She says 'We've got the money. What do we do now?'" Anthony explained. "He said 'Don't worry, someone will be at the house. It'll be an Uber car, any minute.' And with that there's an Uber car.
Anthony said as things calmed down, they searched and researched on the internet. His daughter then told him the bad news. Police say that's a new twist. Artificial intelligence, AI, can be used to impersonate someone's voice and it sounds like the real thing. In this case, Anthony says the callers kept making it sound that there was a sense of urgency. They tried to keep him off balance.
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