A scammer called one of my friend with one number claiming to be me and possibly mimicked my voice using A1 or whatever. He claimed that his phone was off because he slept in the hospital. for my friend I was the one talking. He told him that my mother was at hospital laying critically sick and ask for financial support.
I just imagine how someone can pull off that trick and would work well in his favour. How can your friend be like this, if you claim him to be your friend, he should be able to dictate your voice easily amongst thousand voice echoing. But he failed to dictate this particular one which happens to involve money. I don’t know how an AI can mimic voice or any tool whatsoever. But your friend should be smarter than this to avoid future occurrence of such
He then told me what is happening. I quickly called him on WhatsApp video to show him it was a scam and that neither my mother nor myself was in the hospital.
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what can we do, to avoid being a victim.
If your friend trust you so much and believed in you, he wouldn’t go extra mile to want to confirm that it’s you he’s really talking to now through WhatsApp call.
Message well passed and one should be careful when it involves transferring of money from one party to another. Always call to confirm especially when there’s a different name with the person that gave you the account details that you know he or she with.