Parents Beware: AI Scam Uses Cloned Voices to Impersonate Children in Emergency
• New AI phone scam pretends to be someone's child in a car accident, demands money • Caller sounds exactly like victim's child, says child will be kidnapped if money not paid • Mother received call demanding $2,000 or daughter would be kidnapped • Police advise having a safe word with family to verify identity in such situations • AI programs can synthesize anyone's voice from just 3 seconds of audio to perpetrate scams