To gain your trust, scammers contrive false scenarios to create a sense of urgency and then pressure victims into making quick decisions, such as sharing personal and financial information, and demand confidentiality and payment with giftcards, or access to passwords and computers.
This short video demonstrates how Artificial Intelligence technology can now be used to imitate the actual voices of loved ones during “emergency” call phonescams:
Please be aware of this developing scam and consider creating a SAFEWORD [see video] with your family to verify the person who is calling.
