{"id":258566,"date":"2026-05-29T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/ai-voice-cloning-scams-are-on-the-rise-heres-how-to-protect-yourself\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T07:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T11:10:11","slug":"ai-voice-cloning-scams-are-on-the-rise-heres-how-to-protect-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/ai-voice-cloning-scams-are-on-the-rise-heres-how-to-protect-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"AI \u2018voice cloning\u2019 scams are on the rise. Here\u2019s how to protect yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/05\/29\/tech\/ai-voice-cloning-scams-protect-yourself\">AI \u2018voice cloning\u2019 scams are on the rise. Here\u2019s how to protect yourself<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/05\/29\/tech\/ai-voice-cloning-scams-protect-yourself\">https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/05\/29\/tech\/ai-voice-cloning-scams-protect-yourself<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-29 05:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cnn.com\">www.cnn.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <strong class=\"ai-article-summary__title\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"ai-article-summary__stars-icon\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n            <span>Summary<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/strong><br \/>\n            <span class=\"ai-article-summary__toggle-caret-up\" aria-label=\"Toggle Article Summary\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"ai-article-summary__toggle-caret-down\" aria-label=\"Toggle Article Summary\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ai-article-summary__items\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<li class=\"ai-article-summary__item\">A California mother says she lost thousands of dollars to scammers who she believe used AI to clone her daughter&#8217;s voice.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-article-summary__item\">Experts say AI voice replicas have become so realistic that most people cannot reliably distinguish them from real human voices.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-article-summary__item\">People can protect themselves by establishing a secret code word with loved ones and verifying urgent calls through other means.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n            <span class=\"ai-article-summary__disclaimer-text\">AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>      <span class=\"source__location vossi-source__location\" data-editable=\"location\">New York<\/span><span class=\"source__separator\">\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpo9yscn000x27p970fd8ebf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A California mom says she was scammed out of thousands of dollars this month after receiving a call that sounded like her daughter in distress. She now suspects it was an artificial intelligence-generated hoax.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpoirzhr00003b6rxlfav9pt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            She\u2019s one of many who have been targeted by so-called \u201cvoice cloning\u201d scams as AI tools allow anyone to create a convincing replica of someone\u2019s voice with only a few seconds of real audio.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpoirzhr00013b6rppzeyylz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Americans lost more than $893 million to AI-related scams last year, including voice cloning attacks along with AI-generated phishing emails, romance scams and other hoaxes, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpoirzhr00023b6raeay54fu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Scammers can mimic anyone from family members and friends to coworkers or professional services workers. Banks including the United Kingdom\u2019s Starling and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia have warned customers to watch out for voice cloning scams.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?e=WMHY7537218323\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpoirzhr00033b6remxhtoqz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Experts say AI voice replicas have gotten so realistic that most people can no longer reliably distinguish them from real human voices.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmpoirzhr00043b6r6c52gbtg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cFor the everyday person, it is just not fair to expect them to be able to spot this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/05\/29\/tech\/ai-voice-cloning-scams-protect-yourself\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI \u2018voice cloning\u2019 scams are on the rise. 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