Discover how scammers hijack your words: avoid these three phrases on the phone

In this environment, your voice functions as a form of biometric identity, comparable to a fingerprint or facial scan. Tone, rhythm, pacing, and inflection can be analyzed and reproduced, allowing criminals to impersonate someone convincingly. The danger is not theoretical. Voice clones have been used to request money from family members, authorize transactions, and bypass systems that rely on spoken confirmation.

One commonly discussed tactic is the so-called “yes” scam, where callers prompt a short verbal response and later reuse that audio to fabricate consent. While the effectiveness of this method is sometimes overstated, the underlying risk is real: recorded speech can be repurposed in ways the speaker never intended. Continue reading…