AI Voice Clone Fraud: In today’s time, where AI does many tasks for people in seconds, on the other hand, some misuses of AI are also coming to light. One such case has come to light regarding voice cloning by Artificial Intelligence. Actually, with voice cloning by Artificial Intelligence i.e. AI, you can change the voice of any person.
Recently, in Ghaziabad district of UP, fraudsters have cheated Rs 12 lakh 70000 through voice cloning. During this time, the crying voice of a defrauded boy was heard by his family members and in return they demanded an amount of Rs 12 lakh 70000. Now you must be wondering what is this whole matter, so let us now tell you in detail about the frauds being done by AI voice cloning.
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Scammer cheated Rs 12.70 lakh
In fact, a WhatsApp call was received on the mobile phone of a businessman living in Rajnagar, Ghaziabad, UP on Wednesday. In which it was told that a Delhi Police officer was speaking. During this, he said that a rape case has been filed against his son and if he wants to avoid this case and want to suppress the matter here, then he will have to pay money for it. To convince the family about this, the thugs even talked to their son on phone who was pleading to save himself.
When the family heard their son’s voice on the call, they were convinced that their son was indeed involved in a rape case and immediately sent Rs 12 lakh 70,000 demanded by the fraudsters. But when after giving the money once, the fraudsters demanded more money for the second time, then the family members got suspicious and they called their son’s phone again and then they came to know that their son was right. Then he was very surprised. He reached the police station with his complaint and then got his case registered.
Know what is AI voice cloning
Let us tell you that AI voice cloning is a technique in which you can copy the voice of any human being. Only three or four seconds of audio recording is sufficient to create this fake voice. Security software company McAfee said that with some basic information, a fake voice that is 85 percent similar to the voice of any unknown person can be created. According to the same report, some experts in voice cloning can create up to 95 percent fake voice with the help of small audio files.
Take these steps to avoid AI cloning
To avoid scams like cloning happening to you, you must pay attention to the following things.
You should not share important information like your email ID, mobile number with anyone.
You should always keep the caller ID feature on in your smartphone. So that it will keep you alert about who is calling you and from where and will also tell you whether the call coming to your phone is a scheme or marketing.
If you receive a similar call, first of all try to know its reality and if you have any doubt, take help from cyber cell.