In Seville they are cloning voices with AI to beg for money for Bizum

AI has been able to clone almost perfect voices. What we did not expect is that these types of tools began to be used to cheat a Sevillian brotherhood.

The event. The Archbishopric of Seville He has given the alarm to his brotherhoods. The reason: An scam attempt at the Andalusian level in which cloned voices are starting to try to impersonate the bishops. One of the brotherhoods of the capital recently received a call imitating the voice of Monsignor Teodoro Muñoz, one of the auxiliary bishops.

The request. In Xataka we have been able to talk to the brotherhood, and confirm that the request was the most rocambolesco.

• He called the brotherhood posing as the bishop.
• A certain amount of money was requested through Bizum.
• The petition was justified to pay a succession tax necessary for the Brotherhood to collect an inheritance

The voice. As the brotherhood explains, the voice was “a practically perfect clone.” In addition, it was not a voice recording, the interlocutor was talking to the auxiliary bishop until he hung after his refusal to access the required payment.

It is not an isolated case. In February 2024, Jaén today echoed of an identical event. A fortnight of convents of the province received at the beginning of the year called in which he claimed to be the bishop, also requiring an economic amount in this case to help the bishopric.

The new Timo del CEO. Hyperrealist scams are not new. In fact, We have spent more than four years talking about them. The Zendal Pharmaceutical Group was the victim of a scam worth 9 million euros in 2020. In this case there was not even an implementation of AI: someone passed through the head of the company by email requesting high -value transfers.

With the rise of artificial intelligence tools, Scams with cloned voices are increasingly frequent. These tools allow not only to create recordings with the simulated voice, but to imitate it in real time, making the even more realistic call.

Suspect, always suspect. Differentiate what is AI and what is not increasingly complicatedso the biggest protective factor will always be suspicion.

• If money is requested.
• If personal data is requested.
• If it does not fit the least.

Hanging.

Image | Archdiocese of Seville and Xataka

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