{"id":980,"date":"2026-06-05T10:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T10:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=980"},"modified":"2026-06-05T10:06:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T10:06:00","slug":"fbi-warns-ai-is-making-scams-harder-to-spot-and-hawaii-is-paying-the-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=980","title":{"rendered":"FBI warns AI is making scams harder to spot \u2014 and Hawaii is paying the price"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section>\n<p>HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) &#8211; Think twice before responding to an online request for money from a friend or relative. It may not be them.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=978\">Hawaii Symphony Orchestra announces reimagined season finale<\/a><\/p>\n<p> up 26% from 2024. <\/p>\n<p>In Hawaii, fraud losses nearly doubled. <\/p>\n<p>One disturbing trend: Scammers are using artificial intelligence tools such as data scraping and chatbots to make scams more believable and more personalized.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The FBI says AI-linked scams cost Americans about $900 million last year, allowing cybercriminals to commit fraud quickly and on a larger scale by automating outreach, bypassing traditional security filters, and impersonating trusted figures. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just taken scams to a whole new level now,\u201d said retired HPD deputy chief John McCarthy, who spent years investigating cybercrimes. \u201cThey\u2019re able to duplicate voices, in some cases, duplicate people\u2019s appearance. It makes the scam all that much more real and all that much more harder for law enforcement to track who\u2019s behind this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scammers are using AI-generated fake profiles and scripts and voice cloning to pretend to be loved ones who need help in an emergency. Before sending money, verify and speak to the person directly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really sounds like your grandson on the phone. Why? Because they got your grandson\u2019s voice somehow. They made that link. They went to your Facebook page because you post pictures of your successful grandson and videos of them. They gather all this information and then they use it against you,\u201d McCarthy explained. <\/p>\n<p>Criminals are also using AI to create and send official-sounding emails that mimic coworkers and include phishing links or voice cloning, requesting your financial information. One so-called Business Email Compromise scam targets Microsoft 365 users.<\/p>\n<p>Other trends: deepfakes used to extort money from youth, trick victims into sharing private information, and promote investment scams.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=976\">Waikiki Aquarium to host events throughout World Ocean Month<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only hard and fast rule again is be wary of anyone who tells you something on the internet, and validate, verify, and don\u2019t do something too quickly,\u201d said cybersecurity expert Al Ogata, president and CEO of CyberHawaii.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI\u2019s latest Internet Crime Complaint Center report shows Hawaii lost more than $106 million last year, double the previous year. Hawaii jumped from 14th to 5th in the nation for losses for every 100,000 residents. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Ogata notes the rise shows more people are reporting cybercrimes. <\/p>\n<p>Until law enforcement and detection software catch up with criminals, the best protection is skepticism. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAssume that somebody who comes to you, who you may or may not have met, could be pretending, and not the person they say they are,\u201d Ogata said.<\/p>\n<p>CyberHawaii is hosting its annual cybersecurity conference on June 23-24 at UH Manoa and UH West Oahu. To register, click here.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>If you are dealing with a scam, contact:<\/p>\n<p>The AARP Fraud Watch Network provides free tools and support to help people spot and avoid fraud, including:<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=974\">Molokai robotics teacher inducted into STEM Hall of Fame<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hawaii lost more than $106 million to internet fraud in 2025, double the previous year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FBI warns AI is making scams harder to spot \u2014 and Hawaii is paying the price - 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