California man gets 'emergency' call, hears his daughter's voice, and loses $18,000 to AI scam

California man gets 'emergency' call, hears his daughter's voice, and loses $18,000 to AI scam

Nearly all of one California family's savings disappeared after a single frightening phone call, a father said. Glen Givens told FOX 5 he handed over $18,000 in cash after hearing what sounded like his daughter crying on the phone, and he now believes artificial intelligence may have helped make the scam believable. What happened? The network reports that on June 22, the Poway resident said someone called his work phone and identified himself as…