From around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. You know, fraud and scams, theyre nothing new. But with each technological change, the fraudsters, they are quick to pounce on new possibilities. Weve all had emails, phone calls and Text Messages trying to scam us out of cash by people pretending to be someone we know or with a Time Limited Offer thats just too good to miss. Or maybe theyre pretending to be a tax official or a utility which asks us to transfer money urgently to them. Well, now, as Artificial Intelligence promises to speed up the world of business, the fraudsters, theyre already taking advantage of these new possibilities. In april, jennifer distefano, a mum in arizona in the United States, received a phone call from an unknown number. She thought it might be her doctor. Instead, she heard the voice of a 15 year old daughter, briana. She told the rest of the story to the United States senate. It was brianna sobbing and crying, saying, mom. A
Hackers are reportedly using Facebook ads to lure unsuspecting users to download AI powered tools like Midjourney, Sora and DALL-E that contain information stealing malware.
Voice clones or deepfakes have emerged as the latest tool for cyber scammers, they said, as artificial intelligence (AI)-related scams are being increasingly reported from different parts of the country.
AI Scams: Voice deepfaking started as an entertainment gig to mimic songs for Instagram reels on websites such as Covers.ai, Voicify.ai and VoiceFlip.ai but has spiralled into a larger problem with genuine AI startups such as ElevenLabs, Speechify, Respeecher, Narakeet, Murf.ai, Lovo.ai and Play.ht being weaponised in the hands of scammers.
Deepfake technology has the ability to wreak havoc on the lives of its victims by spreading misinformation through AI-generated voice, video and photo scams.