A man in America Florida Claimed to be used by scammers Artificial Intelligence (AI) To rebuild his voice and tried to swindle his parents out of $30,000 (at most). ₹25 lakh). Jay Schuster, who is running for the Florida state House, said cybercriminals told his parents he was injured in a car accident and needed money to bail himself out of jail.

“Today, my dad got a phone call that no parent ever wants to receive. He heard me say that I was in a serious car accident, injured, and under arrest for DUI and wanted to bail out of jail. $30,000 was needed. I wasn’t. It was an AI scam,” he wrote in a series of posts on X. Fake ‘Brad Pitt’ promises romance, scams two women ₹3 crores)

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Schuster said the call came after he appeared on local TV for his campaign. “Fifteen seconds of me talking. More than enough to make a decent AI clone,” he said.

Schuster said he never thought a scam like this could happen to someone he knows because he has warned people about similar incidents in the past. “I’ve literally given presentations about this scam, posted about it online, and talked to my family about it, but they’re still pretty much on board with it. That’s how effective these scams are. Please spread the word to your friends and family,” he advised.

“Identity will have to be proved”

Schuster said it’s time to push for better AI regulations to stop such fraudsters. “One very unfortunate side effect of this voice cloning technology is that in *real* emergencies people will now have to prove their identity to their loved ones with passwords, etc.,” he wrote.

It paints a picture of a dystopian future when it will be impossible to know whether the person on the phone is actually your loved one or not. “Can you imagine your parents doubting whether they are talking to you when you really need help?” He said.

User X flooded the post’s comments, saying that such scams are becoming alarmingly common and very difficult to spot. “Probably not a coincidence. And, it’s identity theft anyway,” said one user. (Also read: Bangalore man orders iPhone 15, fake ‘Flipkart’ delivery boy appears This happened next.)