Scammers are using it to Bilk Victims of Millions: Here’s how to defend

This has no way to continue with my grandmother.

Cruel scammers are deceiving the elderly by millions of dollars with a new high -tech trick he uses to find their grandchildren’s voices in Tiktok and then use sounds to make telephone calls designed to deceive the elderly, the Long Island cops warned on Friday.

Fraud involves criminals to find a vulnerable and elderly person with grandchildren – cleaning social media sites as tiktok for video of young people talking.

They then use sound setting software and broken phone numbers to call panic claiming they are grandchildren, claiming they have been arrested or injured and urgently need condition or medical funds.

“They are always trying to stay a step forward,” Suffolk District Police Commissioner Kevin Catalina told Friday.

Katerina confirmed that the department has seen an increasing number of these cases, and said software criminals are using can perfectly imitate someone else’s voice – often deceiving the tangible and elderly population.

“It is often sometimes a nephew scheme we are seeing, where the individual will call and mean that they are in some kind of trouble asking for money,” Katerina said.

Police said the victims have been deceived in strengthening thousands of dollars in cash transfers and wires – thinking they are saving a loved one when they are actually being deceived by a synthetic voice and a criminal on the other side of the line.

Katerina said the department has seen an increase in these types of fraud in recent months and warned the public to stay alert, especially when receiving emotional prayers involving money and secrecy.

He advised families to create a “safe word” in case of appearance and approach the person they claim to be after receiving the call to confirm directly before transferring any money.

As for the fraudsters, Catalina warned that the department is making these crimes a high advantage given the large amount of cases.

“If we find the individuals who do this, who know exactly who they are stealing, we will prosecute you to the maximum.

In 2023, over 3,000 frauds were reported in Long Island – resulting in over $ 126 million stolen from mostly elderly citizens, according to the latest AARP data.

Nearly $ 74 million was stolen from Nassau, and nearly $ 54 million were only received in Suffolk that year.

And Catalina warned that it would deteriorate only after it continues to progress.

“They are becoming increasingly sophisticated, so everyone has to be very careful,” he said.