The FBI Is Warning New Jersey Of A Scary New AI Phone Scam

Artificial Intelligence is the most amazing and most terrifying thing to come about over the past couple of years.

It's amazing in the sense that you can enter a short prompt and get a fully produced video or stunning image using nothing more than your imagination.

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It's terrifying because at what point do we lose the ability to determine AI from what's real?

The FBI Is Warning People Of A New AI Scam On The Rise

The scam itself isn't anything new; scammers are trying to get you to give them just enough personal information so that they can steal your identity and wreak havoc.

But the execution is pretty unsettling.

According to APP, scammers are using AI to impersonate high-ranking US officials in order to try to pry information from you.

You may get a call from a number that looks and sounds like the Mayor of your town, or the governor, or even the President himself, and they'll try to lure you into a false sense of security in order to get you to give up some sort of personal information.

How To Prevent Yourself From Falling For A Scam

Always be critical when you get emails, phone calls, and texts from numbers you don't know, especially if the texts or emails have a link.

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You'll want to look for some misspelled words, URL links that don't look right, and may contain misspelled words, and if you think you're dealing with an AI voice, you'll want to listen closely to the voice and it's speech pattern to determine whether it's a person or a machine.

My advice to you, which I use in my personal life, is that if you don't know the number or the email address, never open, respond to, or answer the phone call or text you're getting.

If it's important, they'll leave a message, and you can take your time from there to determine whether it's a scam or not.