Deepfake imposter scams are driving a new wave of fraud

Deepfake imposter scams are driving a new wave of fraud
Scammers download a voice sample from your voicemail message and turn it into speech. (Image: Getty)
Bloomberg
By Nabila Ahmed, Adam Haigh, Ainsley Thomson and Ellie HarmsworthComputer-generated children’s voices so realistic they fool their own parents. Masks created with photos from social media that can penetrate a system protected by face ID. They sound like the stuff of science fiction, but these techniques are already available to criminals preying on everyday consumers.The proliferation of scam tech has alarmed regulators, police and people at the highest levels of the financial industry. Artificial intelligence, in particular, is bein...

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