A Houston man lost $20,000 to a sophisticated voice cloning scam, highlighting the growing threat of AI-powered fraud.
Gary Cunningham is a businessman in Houston who says criminals wired themselves $20,000 of his money by impersonating him to his accountant. Cunningham says in November a standard wire transfer was scheduled to disperse earnings from one account to another. He says this transfer happens every month and is usually around $20,000. SUGGESTED: Community demands action after fatal train accident near Houston schoolBut this time, he says his accountant got a call from who she thought was Cunningham.
Get news, weather and so much more on the new FOX LOCAL app After several meetings with his bank, IT team and lawyer, Cunningham determined his email had been hacked and his voice cloned. He made a report with West University Police, who say they're investigating the incident as fraud. "I felt that I'd been taken advantage of, I felt violated. My accountant felt violated," said Cunningham. Dr.
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