Gmail Users Warned About New Account Takeover Scam: Here’s What to Look For

‘Scams are getting increasingly sophisticated, more convincing and are deployed at ever larger scale,’ one researcher warned.

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A security researcher and a technology startup CEO are warning that some Gmail users could fall prey to a sophisticated, AI-based scam that could lead to their accounts being taken over.

Garry Tan, chief executive of prominent tech-oriented venture capital firm Ycombinator, wrote on X late last week that there is a “pretty elaborate” phishing scam that uses an AI-generated voice.