Influencer horrified after AI phone scam made her believe brother was dead TIKTOK: babybushwhackedA content creator went viral on TikTok after recounting a terrifying ordeal, in which a scammer used AI to mimic her brother\u2019s voice. TikToker Brooke Bush (babybushwhacked) recounted a scammer who used AI tech to trick her granddad into believing that one of his family members was dead. In a viral clip with 1.9 million views, she explained how her grandfather received a phone call from someone using artificial intelligence to mimic her brother\u2019s voice. \u201cI\u2019ve been crying for the past two hours because I thought my little brother was dead,\u201d Brooke said. \u201cSomebody out there used an AI machine to trick my grandpa into thinking my little brother got in a wreck and died.\u201d She said the AI-generated voice claimed that her younger brother was about to get in a car wreck before the line went dead. When Brooke received the call from her grandfather, she immediately tried to contact her brother and track his location. Soon enough, she found out it was a scammer trying to get money. \u201cIf you guys ever get called, and someone asks for money that you know, they\u2019re using a friggin\u2019 AI machine to reenact their voice,\u201d she warned viewers. TikTok reacts to AI phone scam In the comments, many TikTok users highlighted how common the scam is becoming. \u201cThis has been happening to A LOT of people,\u201d one person wrote. \u201cThis has been happening with celebrities for years! Glad everyone\u2019s okay!\u201d another added. \u201cI\u2019m so sorry. I\u2019ve been seeing this happening to so many people on my FYP and I feel so bad yet scared this is going to happen to me,\u201d a third commented. Some users claimed that something similar has happened to them. \u201cThis has happened to my grandpa, someone called my grandpa and said I died in a car accident,\u201d one said. \u201cOMG, this happened to my grandpa 2 years ago about my brother. He was scammed of 70k\u2026 it was terrible,\u201d another shared. This is just the latest phone scam to terrify TikTokers, after a woman warned people about a scary virtual kidnapping scam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Influencer horrified after AI phone scam made her believe brother was dead TIKTOK: babybushwhackedA content creator went viral on TikTok after recounting a terrifying ordeal, in which a scammer used AI to mimic her brother\u2019s voice. TikToker Brooke Bush (babybushwhacked) recounted a scammer who used AI tech to trick her granddad into believing that one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50470\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}