Your phone rings. It's your son's number. His voice is shaking. He needs money right now.
Except it isn't your son. It's three seconds of audio lifted from a video he posted last month - enough for AI to make him say anything a stranger types.
This isn't a rare, futuristic threat. It's happening right now, to smart, careful people - including cybersecurity professionals and senior finance executives. One case documented in this book cost a company $25.6 million in a single video call where every face on screen except the victim's was fake.
FIGHT AI SCAMS FOR BEGINNERS is not a guide to becoming a deepfake detective. Nobody can reliably spot every fake anymore - not you, not a security expert, not the author. This book teaches something more useful: what to do when you can't tell.
INSIDE, YOU'LL FIND:
The psychology behind why AI scams work on intelligent, skeptical people - and the exact emotional levers scammers are trained to pullSeven categories of AI-powered fraud explained in plain language: voice cloning, deepfake video, romance and investment scams, job and business fraud, phishing, and sextortion30 real-world case files, each clearly labeled as REAL and sourced, COMPOSITE, or HYPOTHETICAL - so you always know exactly what you're readingOne memorable framework - STOP. SEPARATE. VERIFY. - that works no matter how convincing the technology becomesA family protocol, a survival kit, and clear steps for what to do if you've already been scammedA glossary, a sourced bibliography, a 45-question quiz, and a one-page quick-reference card you'll actually useThis book won't make you paranoid. It will make you slower - at exactly the moment scammers need you to be fast.
The voice on the phone might not be real. The habit of checking always is.