A new type of fraud targets elderly Americans: lawbreakers use AI to imitate the voice of acquaintances to demand money from victims

CTOnews.com, Nov. 23, according to Fox News, data provided by the Federal Trade Commission show that a new type of fraud based on AI technology is defrauding the local elderly.

In the whole of last year, seniors across the United States lost 1.6 billion dollars to fraud (CTOnews.com Note: currently about 11.456 billion yuan), many of which are the use of AI technology to "clone" the voice of acquaintances, as well as other tricks generated by AI.

Tuyuan Pixabay committee chairman Bob Casey released the annual fraud manual at a committee hearing on AI fraud held by the country's Senate over the weekend. "any consumer, regardless of age, gender or background, can be the victim of these convincing scams," Casey said. now, the stories we hear from individuals across the country are heartbreaking. "

Among all kinds of frauds, including financial impostors and frauds, telephone robbery, computer fraud, trickery in dating materials, identity impersonation, and so on, the use of AI technology to imitate sound has become the most prominent fraud. It is reported that fraudsters will call victims, families or relatives in this way and ask them for money. "the calls they received sounded like their loved ones were in danger, injured or taken hostage," several witnesses at the hearing said. "

Among them, an elderly couple received a phone call that sounded as if their daughter was crying "Mom" and asking for their help. Gary Schildhorn, a lawyer from Philadelphia, also testified at the hearing that he almost remitted $9000 to the swindler until he and daughter-in-law confirmed that it was racketeering.