Seriously Alarming, AI SCAMS ON THE RISE!

ALERT1 ALERT2 ALERT3:  This is seriously alarming.  AI SCAMS ARE ON THE RISE! And the trajectory is so sharp and sudden, it defies the compounded escalation rates.  In today's breaking news from Channelnewsasia, a Shanghai man got scammed of US$ 28,000 by his, hold your breath, YES, by his so called "AI GIRLFRIEND", whew!!! BTW, that is NOT an outlier of a news.    AI-triggered SCAMS are happening everywhere, name it💥💥💥

If there is one observation I have the past 2 to 4 weeks, my other 'unpublished' number is receiving an incoming call from numbers unknown to me.  HOW do I handle it?  I would intentionally MISS that call.  And then, once that ringing call stops, I would send an SMS to that number and send "WHO'S CALLING PLEASE".  To date, 100% of those SMS messages I sent are 100% NOT responded.  WHAT conclusions can we draw from those so-called 'outliers'???

Pick up WHATEVER newswire you want to hear, they are having the same breaking news, that is, DEEPFAKE VOICE SCAMS are significantly and rapidly escalating and obviously that poses a serious threat to everyone.  And WHAT's the initial post mortems for these incidents, forensic experts attest that fraudsters now CLONE VOICES to impersonate loved ones, financial institutions [spelled B-A-N-K] and even government agencies, deceiving victims into handling over sensitive information❌❌❌

NOT so long ago, the VOICE SCAMS was pretty crude.  A human caller [WHO's a stranger but knows your name, your spouse's name and your children's names] calls and triggers an alarm like "YOUR CHILD GOT HIT IN AN ACCIDENT" and "HE'S NOW AT THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY.  I AM FROM THE HOSPITAL AND WE REQUIRE A DEPOSIT/ADVANCE PAYMENT AMOUNTING TO XXXXX".  That was the old playbook!@#$%?

Our takeaway:  Trust me, all these are NOT false alarms.  AI has become wiser and sophisticated, it can clone anyone's voice and as the Shanghai man learned the hard way, he could end up with an "AI GIRLFRIEND"  who'll scoop away his hard earned monies.  NOT to alarm you BUT please consider NOT to pick up an incoming call into your mobile phone especially if you're using that same mobile phone for mobile banking apps, etc.  TO BE FOREWARNED IS TO BE FOREARMED😈😈😈