FBI put out a warning earlier this month about a rise in grandparent scams. Of note: despite a lot of claims to this effect with strong anecdotes but no evidence, the warning here makes no mention of the scammers using AI voice cloning:
https://www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2023/PSA231117
Kevin Collier /
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2023-11-29 23:25:39
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