New telephone fraud: you should never say this to unknown callers

Are you receiving a telephone call from an unknown number? Then pay close attention, because you should never say this to unknown callers for your own safety!

Call from unknown number

Do you regularly receive calls from unknown numbers? In that case you may be dealing with scammers. Criminals call random numbers to steal data and money. Therefore, be careful if you receive a telephone call from an unknown number, because it is better not to make certain statements.

Scammers often record conversations so that they can misuse your voice at a later time. It is therefore important that you say as little as possible when you have unknown callers on the phone. Not sure who you’re calling? In any case, avoid the word ‘Yes’, because criminals can misuse that audio fragment later. In this way, fraud via telephone is becoming increasingly dangerous, especially now that artificial intelligence makes more possible. Real voices are more easily imitated and more difficult to recognize.

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This is how you stay safe

Scammers try to capture certain audio clips by asking simple questions. For example, unknown callers ask on the phone whether your name is correct, so that you answer ‘Yes’ in the conversation. It is important not to do this, instead ask a question back or end the conversation. This way you prevent your voice from being misused by criminals later and data or money being stolen from you.

Especially with the advent of artificial intelligence, it has become easy to imitate voices. Several AI bots only require you to input a few spoken words to copy a voice. So be careful if you stay on the phone with unknown callers for too long, because they can collect a lot of data from your voice. This makes it even easier to imitate your voice with the help of artificial intelligence.

Dangers of unknown callers

Copying the voice of a friend or family member is also called voice cloning named. Scammers use this method to pretend that you have said something when you have not said something at all. Therefore, make sure you are careful on the phone, because unknown callers can quickly misuse your voice. If you have any doubts, end the phone call immediately and never share personal information such as passwords or your address.

It is not only dangerous that your own voice is imitated with artificial intelligence, the voices of people around you can also be misused. So also be alert if you hear the voice of a friend or family member on the phone from unknown callers, because then it could also be voice cloning. In that case, it is wise to hang up and call the telephone number you have saved in your contact list. This way you can be sure that you are not dealing with scammers and your data remains safe.

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