Once upon a time in Japan there was a scam syndicate called "Ore Ore" where the elderly in Japan would receive voice calls where the caller would hurriedly and in a state of fear say "ore, ore" (me, me!) and ask sent money for a purpose that is not very clear.
Recently, there is another similar scam syndicate that seems to be going on in the United States and Canada, where calls are made to elderly people in a number of areas in those countries with the same modus operandi.
Even more surprising is that these call syndicates use artificial intelligence technology to imitate the voices of family members using voice samples of just a few seconds. The combination of hacking the data of hundreds of millions of Americans, combined with social engineering allows malicious groups to use existing information to build these voice databases.
The increased use of artificial intelligence software means that these groups already have large enough and open databases to obtain accurate voice banks that can be used to mimic anyone's voice for any purpose whatsoever.
Security and safety officials say that the issue of this fraud syndicate is very difficult to curb because the public will believe the calls received because of the voice that resembles a familiar person.
By now, online security bodies are mostly aware of this and have started warning people to ensure the identity of the caller before making any direct financial transactions.