With the increasingly massive diffusion of technologies based onartificial intelligence a whole series of very powerful tools that can seriously undermine the user safety.
In fact, among the most common scams is the one that uses complex AI software to “clone” the voice of people with potentially disastrous consequences for the defrauded and those close to them.
Recognize one falsified voice It’s not easy but with a little attention, defending yourself from these new web pitfalls is possible, let’s find out how.
How voice cloning works
Cloning someone’s voice, the scam the more “banal” is that of call a loved one and ask for a sum of money to be used to resolve an emergency situation.
There are many stories invented by digital attackers, fromcar crash, all’arrest and until you get to some damage to repairthe result is always the same: the delivery of a sum of money and the discovery that (fortunately) there is no emergency in progress.
To carry out this scam, the bad guys they leverage emotions and on a unexpected eventin order to catch unaware users off guard who, perhaps panickedthey will follow what is requested to the letter, thinking, of course, only of the health of the person on the other end of the phone.
Scams like this are multiplying visibly and realizing one is one relatively simple thinghaving any AI tool capable of replicating a human voice and staging a coherent conversation.
How to find out if you have been scammed
As just said, it can be very complicated to discover such a scam, however there are signs that could suggest that something is not right.
For example, one conversation with a chatbothowever realistic, will never be like the one between two people and understanding and right detachment, strange inflections, accents e parole not entirely correct it could be the first sign of a scam in progress.
Furthermore, if the conversation is very close, there is a great sense of urgency e very few explanationsthis could also be a sign that the conversation is not entirely “natural”.
Trivially, even receiving a call from a number that is not known o a “strange” contact, perhaps with a foreign prefix, it could be attributable to some digital attacker.
So yes, recognizing this type of fraud can be complicated but by analyzing the conversation with a little attention, finding that something suspicious is possible.
How to protect yourself from scams
Likewise, too defend yourself from scams it is possible and, for example, it is a good practice do not spread too much personal data around the web and on social media, so as not to give any advantage to scammers.
Plus it might be wise establish a password with loved ones in order to recognize whether it is a real emergency or not. Naturally, this password must be kept secret and shared only with those closest to us.
Furthermore, when you receive an alarm call, although emotions may get the better of you, it is always helpful stop and think e collect ideas.
Think about what is being asked by a potential stranger over the phone and possibly check with the person concernedmaking a quick call to the person who is presumed to be in difficulty or someone close to them, so as to remove any doubts.
In this case, if something serious had happened, finding out is relatively simple and you can intervene promptly and without any risk. If instead it was a real scam, all that remains is contact the police and report the incident immediately.
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