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AI voice cloning scams could catch millions out - with over a quarter of UK adults targeted in the past year
Starling Bank, Starling Bank, 2024
Read the originalRead on October 17, 2026
- What it is
- A press release from the UK bank Starling, dated 18 September 2024, reporting a survey of UK adults on AI voice cloning scams and launching its Safe Phrases campaign.
- How much weight it carries
- Written by a bank that ran the campaign, so it promotes its own response. The 28% figure is self-reported belief that one has been targeted, not verified cases, and the survey sample is not described in detail in the release.
Facts taken from this source
- In a Starling Bank survey published in September 2024, 28% of UK adults said they think they have been targeted by an AI voice cloning scam in the past year.
“28% of UK adults think they have been targeted by an AI voice cloning scam in the past year” (Press release, 18 September 2024)
- Starling Bank says a phrase that no one else knows lets close friends and family verify that they are really speaking to each other.
“with their close friends and family that no one else knows, to allow them to verify that they are really speaking to them.” (Press release, 18 September 2024, campaign description)
- Starling Bank says criminals can now clone a person's voice from as little as three seconds of audio.
“Criminals are now able to clone a person ... from as little as three seconds of audio” (Press release, 18 September 2024)