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About two weeks ago my father (76 y/o, technologically-savvy) nearly got burned by this scam, with the "caller" impersonating my nephew who is currently residin
by tanseydavid 4y ago
About two weeks ago my father (76 y/o, technologically-savvy) nearly got burned by this scam, with the "caller" impersonating my nephew who is currently residing in Holland.
The "caller", crying, indicated that he had been in a drunken-driving accident the night before, was currently in jail, other party (a PREGNANT WOMAN) in critical condition, and in need of $9000 cash in short order. Oh yeah, the caller also indicated "whatever you do, don't tell my mom!"
A call to "mom" with a subsequent text message to my actual nephew showed the entire situation to be fabricated.
- MathMonkeyMan 4y agoHorrifying. My grandfather fell for this years ago, no AI required. I hate to imagine what a skilled con with a competent techical consultant could do these days.
- flangola7 4y agoIn no time at all live video will be inadequate to verify someone's identify. It won't be enough to verify that you're talking to a human being at all. TTS that fed into an LLM (brownie points: one trained on fraud artist conman techniques) with replies fed into face video + voice generation. Open Zoom and Facetime and start making calls.