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A phone call is no longer a reliable way to confirm who you are talking to.

Why this matters

Voice cloning technology is fast, cheap, and accessible enough that small business employees are realistic targets, not just executives. The attack pattern is consistent: a familiar-sounding voice, an unusual request, and urgency. What stops it is not technology. It is one clear rule about how to verify before acting on any request that involves money or account changes.

  • A voice can be cloned from roughly 3 seconds of audio — pulled from a YouTube video, a voicemail, or a social media clip.

    How little source material AI voice cloning requires

    Source: McAfee, The Artificial Imposter, May 2023

  • In 2024, a finance employee transferred roughly $25 million after a video call in which the CFO and several colleagues all turned out to be AI-generated deepfakes.

    A documented real-world example — not a hypothetical

    Source: Arup / CNN, May 2024

Helix Stax

Free Guide for Hampton Roads Small Businesses

The Deepfake and AI Scam Defense Guide

A finance employee saw her CFO on a video call and wired $25 million. Every person on the call was an AI-generated fake. Here is how to make sure it cannot happen to your business.

What you get

  • What deepfake and AI scams look like now
  • The verification habits that break cloned-voice and fake-video scams
  • How to reduce your exposure
  • How to hire safely with remote candidates
  • What to do in the first hour if you are targeted

Preview

  • The verbal code word technique that stops cloned-voice calls
  • Why urgency is a tactic, not a reason to skip verification
  • What to do in the first hour after a fraudulent wire is sent
  • How scammers clone a voice from three seconds of audio
  • The FBI-flagged threat in remote hiring

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