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AI voice-cloning scams impersonate family in urgent money calls
KTLA reports Los Angeles County authorities flagging calls using cloned voices and sometimes video, built from brief audio samples found online.
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Los Angeles County authorities are warning residents about AI voice-cloning scam calls. Scammers are imitating voices and creating realistic videos of people a target knows. The calls are designed to scare recipients into sending money quickly.
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KTLALos Angeles County authorities warn that a phone call sounding exactly like a family member may not be them at all. KTLA reports a wave of calls built with artificial intelligence, cloning voices and even generating video to scare people into sending money fast. If a call demands money urgently and sounds like someone you know, hang up and call that person back on their own number.
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What to do
- Hang up and call the person back on a number already saved for them.
- Stop before sending any money, no matter how urgent the call sounds.
- Check the story with another family member before acting on it alone.
- Report the call to local authorities if money was requested.
