Watch Out for New AI Scams
Here in the United States, people write to me every day. “My son called me.” “I saw my boss on video.” “The email looked perfect.” I spoke with a senior FBI official in New York who said generative AI is making scams more believable and easier to scale.
Voice cloning needs very little. A short voice note or a public video is enough. Then comes the urgent call: accident, lawyer, bail, broken phone. The goal is speed. If you rush, you pay. Video deepfakes raise the trust level even more. A face on screen still feels authoritative, even if it can be faked.
AI also improves phishing emails and fake customer support chatbots. They look clean, reply fast, and ask for “verification.” That means OTP codes and access to your email, then accounts disappear. Chats, calls, audio, and video are data. If money or access is involved, verify outside the channel. Hang up and call a saved number. Open the app, not the link. Never share a code from SMS or an app.
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