A shocking incident has come to light from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. A case of cheating a young man of Rs 40,000 by changing his voice through Artificial Intelligence (AI) has come to light. The fraudsters called the young man in his father’s voice and carried out this fraud. The police have registered a case and started investigation.
Know what is the whole matter
According to the information, Shailendra, who lives in Madiyavan police station area of Lucknow, received a call from an unknown number in his father’s voice. The caller said that he was his father and his phone was switched off. Then he said that there was some emergency. Put 40 thousand rupees in this account. Shailendra said that the voice of the person on the other end was exactly like his father’s. That’s why he did not suspect anything.
When I came home and asked, I was shocked
Shailendra put the money in the account number given by his father. When he came home and mentioned this to his father, his father said that he did not make any call regarding the money. The man complained about the matter to the police. When the bank was investigated, it was revealed that the money had gone into the account of someone named Zarina in Haryana. The police said that the matter is being investigated.
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According to DCP North Zone Abhijeet R Shankar, a case has been registered on behalf of the victim. The police have started searching for the accused with the help of IP address and bank details. Let us tell you that cases of fraud by changing voice through AI are coming to the fore these days.
What is AI Voice Scam?
In AI voice scams, with the help of AI, the voice of another person can be generated and used during the call. Mostly in such cases, the accused pretend to be a family member, friend or office colleague etc. After this, they demand some money.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)