AI Voice Cloning Protection
Defend against AI-generated voice scams and protect your voice data from malicious cloning.
The Voice Cloning Threat
AI can clone a voice from just 3-10 seconds of audio. Scammers use cloned voices for emergency scams, business fraud, and impersonation. Voice cloning technology is freely available and increasingly sophisticated.
How Voice Cloning Works
Audio Collection
Scammers gather voice samples from social media videos, voicemails, recorded calls, podcasts, or public speaking events.
AI Training
Voice cloning AI analyzes tone, pitch, accent, speech patterns, and unique vocal characteristics in seconds.
Voice Generation
AI can generate any speech in the cloned voice. Real-time voice changers enable live phone conversations.
Attack Execution
Scammers use cloned voice for emergency calls, business email compromise, wire fraud, or impersonation scams.
Common Voice Cloning Scams
Emergency Family Scam
"Grandma, it's me, I've been in an accident!" Cloned voice of family member claims emergency, needs money immediately.
CEO Fraud
Executive's voice cloned to authorize wire transfers, approve payments, or request sensitive information from employees.
Account Verification
Cloned voice used to bypass voice biometric authentication for banking, crypto, or other secure accounts.
Extortion
Threatening calls using victim's voice to demand ransom or intimidate family members.
Where Scammers Get Voice Samples
- Social media videos (Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube)
- Voicemail greetings and messages
- Podcast appearances and interviews
- Work presentations and webinars
- Voice notes and video calls
- Customer service recordings ("calls may be monitored")
- Public speeches and events
- Professional profiles with video introductions
Protecting Your Voice Data
Limit Public Audio
Minimize voice in public social media posts. Set accounts private. Avoid posting videos with clear audio.
Generic Voicemail
Use carrier's default greeting instead of recording your voice. Don't include your name.
Be Selective
Think twice before appearing on podcasts, videos, or public recordings if unnecessary.
Disable Voice Biometrics
Use passwords/PINs instead of voice for account authentication when possible.
Recognizing Voice Cloning Attacks
Unnatural Pauses
Awkward gaps, robotic cadence, or slightly off timing in speech patterns.
Background Noise Inconsistencies
Voice sounds studio-clean during supposed emergency, or background doesn't match claimed location.
Urgency and Secrecy
"Don't tell anyone" or "I need money right now" - classic pressure tactics.
Avoidance of Personal Details
Can't answer questions only the real person would know. Deflects with urgency.
Defense Strategies
Establish Code Words
Family password/phrase for emergency verification. Never shared publicly or digitally.
Verify Through Other Channels
Hang up and call back on known number. Text or video call. Contact other family members.
Ask Personal Questions
Questions only the real person would know. Pet names, inside jokes, recent events.
Never Rush
Legitimate emergencies allow time for verification. Scammers create false urgency.
For Businesses
- Implement multi-person approval for wire transfers over threshold
- Verify verbal requests with callback to known number
- Never approve financial transactions based solely on voice
- Train employees on voice cloning risks
- Use video calls for sensitive approvals
- Establish verification procedures for unusual requests
If You're Targeted
Don't Engage
Hang up immediately. Don't provide information or confirm identity.
Verify Directly
Contact the person supposedly calling through known channels.
Warn Others
Alert family, friends, and colleagues that your voice may have been cloned.
Report
FTC at ReportFraud.ftc.gov, local police, FBI IC3 for significant attempts.