Beware of a new scam! Scammers are always coming up with new and innovative ways to scam us. Whether it’s money, personal information or anything for their personal gain, scammer are always thinking of ways to be one step ahead. This new scam is no different. You’ve heard of A.I.? In case you haven’t, A.I. is a wide-ranging branch of computer science concerned with building smart machines capable of performing tasks that typically require human intelligence. You’ve seen examples of A.I. a lot lately and now, scammers are using it to create or clone voices of family members (specifically children) to somehow get money from you. Here are the details on the latest scam. Pay attention, so you don’t become a victim yourself.

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• Scammers are using A.I. to clone kids' voices

  It’s a simple task and only a 3-4 second clip is needed. Scammers can find a child on TikTok and use one of their videos.

  Terrifying new AI kidnapping scam used teen girl's voice to demand $1m

  Jennifer DeStefano, a mother from Scottsdale, Arizona, received a $1million ransom demand which included her daughter Brie's voice, screaming and crying in the background.

• Scammer will use the cloned voice to say the child has been kidnapped

  The call from an unkown number will feature your child screaming for help while the “kidnapper” is asking for money

  AI clones teen girl's voice in $1M kidnapping scam: 'I've got your daughter'

  Arizona mom Jennifer DeStefano claims that scammers used AI to clone her daughter Brie's voice, so they could demand a $1 million ransom from her as part of a terrifying new scheme.

• Scammer threatens caller, saying not to call police or they'll kill the child

  According to an Arizona mother who this just happened to, the scammer tells people if they call police for help, they’ll fill the child up with pills to kill them. All the while you can hear the child screaming.

  Artificial Intelligence replicates familiar voices in latest phone scams

  What if the voice on the other end of a phone call sounded like a friend or family member - but it was really an artificial intelligence scam? NBC's Emilie Ikeda reports for TODAY on the new warning from the Federal Trade Commission.

• Scammer will not ask for wired money, rather want you to meet them in person

  In this one instance, the scammer said they wanted to meet the mother in person.

  Voice cloning is the new weapon in scammers' arsenal for family emergency schemes

  Scammers are now audibly masquerading as your loved ones with voice cloning, Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson explains how this works and what you can do to protect yourself.

• Here is the TikTok video describing the scam in detail

  @bethroyce

  I feel the need to tell everyone I know about this. Literally the scarriest moment of my entire life #scam #scammers #scammed #hostagesituation #trauma #phonescam #fyp #foryoupage #fypシ #viral

  ♬ original sound - Bethroyce

• Here's how to avoid A.I. scams

  AI Voice Cloning Helps Scammers-Here's How to Protect Yourself

  AI is giving voice cloning scams more believability and targeting both personal and corporate victims, but experts say there are ways to recognize when the call is from a scammer.

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