Voices Carry

“By this time, about twenty-five minutes had elapsed. Robin cried and Steve spoke to his colleague [with hostage negotiation experience]. ‘You guys did great,’ the colleague said. He told them to call Bob, since Mona’s phone was clearly compromised, to make sure that he and Mona were now safe. After a few tries, Bob picked up the phone and handed it to Mona. ‘Are you at home?’ Steve and Robin asked her. ‘Are you O.K.?’ Mona sounded fine, but she was unsure of what they were talking about. ‘Yeah, I’m in bed,’ she replied. ‘Why?'” Charles Bethea in The New Yorker: The Terrifying A.I. Scam That Uses Your Loved One’s Voice.