China phone crooks use AI-cloning for scam, crank calls used to get real voice to mimic

Nighttime con gang targets vulnerable in elderly homes where landline phones remain prevalent, victims think loved one urgently needs cash

Police in central China’s Hubei province recently revealed a case in which an elderly woman was tricked by an AI-generated version of her grandson.

The woman, surnamed Liu, told China Central Television that she received the phone call from her grandson’s home landline on April 28.