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Scammers use AI to create scarily convincing phishing calls

A security expert has recounted how close he came to being fooled by a new AI-based scam call that aimed to get his Gmail account details.

Scammers tried to gain control of a security expert’s Gmail account

There were already scam ChatGPT apps on the App Store, but now artificial intelligence has been deployed by scammers in what expert Sam Mitrovic describes as “super realistic.”

“People are busy and this scam sounded and looked legitimate enough that I would give them an A for their effort,” wrote Mitrovic in a blog post. “Many people are likely to fall for it.”

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