HISPI Project Cerebellum HISPI PROJECT CEREBELLUM

Reported Use of AI Voice and Identity Manipulation in the Ongoing 'Phantom Hacker' Fraud Scheme

October 20, 2023

Recent reports suggest that modern versions of the persistent 'Phantom Hacker' fraud scheme employ suspected AI technologies for enhanced impersonation, such as voice cloning, fake caller IDs, and lifelike digital artifacts. Perpetrators are said to impersonate tech support, bank personnel, and government officials in a three-stage strategy that coerces primarily elderly individuals into transferring funds to accounts controlled by scammers.

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Alleged deployer
unknown-scammers, phantom-hacker
Alleged developer
unknown-deepfake-technology-developers, unknown-voice-cloning-technology-developers, various-generative-ai-developers
Alleged harmed parties
general-public, elderly-individuals, epistemic-integrity

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1280

Data source

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McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

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