S4E8 Resources: The Scam That Knows You
Resources from Season 4 Episode 8 — “The Scam That Knows You”. The old scam tried to trick anyone. The new scam tries to sound like it knows you. Familiarity is the new attack surface.
This page covers the shift from generic fraud to AI-enabled personalised impersonation, four real incidents (the Hong Kong deepfake video-conference scam, the Noosa Council supplier fraud, the KnowBe4 fake North Korean IT hire, and the FBI warning on AI voice cloning), FBI recommendations, practical protection habits including family passphrases and channel verification, a glossary of terms (Deepfake, Voice Cloning, Business Email Compromise, Social Engineering, Vishing, Spear Phishing, Synthetic Identity, APP Fraud), and key takeaways.