curious onlooker taking picture with smartphone the crime scene at night
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.
curious onlooker taking picture with smartphone the crime scene at night
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.
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
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.
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.
