India, April 29 -- The cyber crime unit of the Tamil Nadu police has issued an advisory warning the general public against scamsters using artificial intelligence (AI) to clone voices and make calls to extort money from victims.

Citing a press note issued by the Tamil Nadu police, MediaNama reported that cyber criminals are using AI to replicate the voices of family members and acquaintances over phone calls to trick victims into sending money under the pretext of an emergency.

The advisory said that scamsters get a voice sample of someone the victim knows and trusts, such as family members or a friend, from their social media accounts or by calling using the 'wrong number' ruse.

The voice sample is then used to impersonate the person'...