FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- With artificial intelligence growing more sophisticated by the day, it's easy to get duped while aimlessly scrolling social media.

But what happens when the technology gets into the wrong hands?

"Cyber criminals have learned to use AI to deceive us," says Former FBI operative Eric O'Neill. "That old technique in espionage of deception."

The newest scam -- leveraging your trust by impersonating a loved one in distress. This time, it's using your phone's video chat feature, cloning your loved one's voice and using their image.

"You actually see that loved one with a FaceTime or a video call saying this to you," O'Neill said. "That can hype up the urgency and the deception in the attack. It only takes a little bit of someone's voice and an image to get that avata

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