An IT expert warned about the use of fake voice by fraudsters

Voice forgery technologies are improving and becoming part of fraudulent schemes. Ilya Nazarov, CEO of Digital Markets, said this on Tuesday, September 2.

"30 seconds of recording is enough to simulate someone else's speech. It can be a voice message, a video from a social network, or even an interview fragment. It doesn't matter if it's a related text. The algorithm learns from sound features, and the more material there is, the better the fake," he said in an interview with RT.

The expert emphasized that a fake voice can be used both in an audio message and in a real call using voice cloning and deepfake technologies.

"This creates the illusion that an acquaintance is communicating with the victim: a friend, relative or colleague," Nazarov warned.

He added that it is important not to trust only the voice, but to double-check any urgent requests through alternative channels.

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Earlier that day, the Department for the organization of the fight against the illegal use of information and communication technologies (UBK) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia told about the schemes used by fraudsters to capture the victim's attention, as well as ways to protect themselves, according to the website. kp.ru .

The agency noted that scammers capture attention in various ways, for example, they appeal to emotions (fear, greed, trust) or use the technique of "artificial urgency" — they declare the need for a quick financial transaction in order not to give the interlocutor time to think, writes Life.Ru . In addition, attackers use complex structures and provide the victim with a large flow of information so that the person does not have time to process the information and becomes more suggestible.

To protect themselves from fraudulent schemes, the Interior Ministry advised interrupting the conversation, using the "pause rule" and "train watching" by studying deception schemes, Moscow 24 reports.

The day before, the UBK of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that hacking accounts in messengers and social networks remains a popular method of fraud, when attackers gain access to user pages and use them to send messages for the purpose of deception. The agency noted that signs of account hacking include "strange" requests, such as "urgently transfer money" or "help me out, I'm in trouble," as well as an unusual communication style for the interlocutor.

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