With the development of new technologies and the meteoric rise of artificial intelligence, bad guys are taking advantage of this to create scams. The latest is to reproduce the voices of victims’ relatives for money.
Phone scams using artificial intelligence are claiming a growing number of victims in the United States and Canada according washington post. Two parents had the sad experience of losing the equivalent of 14,500 euros. A man posing as a lawyer tells them over the phone that their son needs money to get out of prison after killing a US diplomat in a car accident. When they heard their son’s voice begging them to pay the money, they panicked. But it is a clone generated by artificial intelligence.
Easy scam to set up
American media reported several similar stories, but most importantly, the simplicity with which it is now possible to perfectly clone or imitate voices to create frauds. Once too expensive for the general public, software for making clones is now easily accessible and sometimes free. It only takes a few seconds of voice recording to do this.
In the face of this resurgence of scams, several companies with voice cloning software have decided to act, such as Eleven Labs.
Media lemon squeezer reported that the company had changed the terms of access to its software, making it mandatory to enter bank details to use the software, including the free version. Ways to track down potential fraudsters.
