{"id":201487,"date":"2026-04-02T05:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/u-s-postal-inspection-service-warns-of-new-ai-powered-scams-targeting-public\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T05:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:25:13","slug":"u-s-postal-inspection-service-warns-of-new-ai-powered-scams-targeting-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/u-s-postal-inspection-service-warns-of-new-ai-powered-scams-targeting-public\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Postal Inspection Service warns of new AI-powered scams targeting public"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmar2news.com\/matterformallory\/u-s-postal-inspection-service-warns-public-about-new-wave-of-scams-powered-by-artificial-intelligence\">U.S. Postal Inspection Service warns of new AI-powered scams targeting public<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmar2news.com\/matterformallory\/u-s-postal-inspection-service-warns-public-about-new-wave-of-scams-powered-by-artificial-intelligence\">https:\/\/www.wmar2news.com\/matterformallory\/u-s-postal-inspection-service-warns-public-about-new-wave-of-scams-powered-by-artificial-intelligence<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-02 05:02:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.wmar2news.com\">www.wmar2news.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The U.S. Postal Inspection Service warns about an increase in AI-powered scams, using realistic AI tools like voice and image cloning to deceive the public.<\/li>\n<li>Scams are spreading through various platforms, including text messages, emails, and phone calls, often connected to mail-related schemes.<\/li>\n<li>There is a high economic impact, with investment scams reporting $6.5 billion in losses to date in 2024, a part of the larger $16.6 billion in overall cybercrime losses in that year.<\/li>\n<li>To combat scams, the Postal Inspection Service encourages the public to &#8220;spot the bot,&#8221; identifying tell-tale signs like background inconsistencies in images.<\/li>\n<li>Victims of scams are urged to help prevent others from falling victim by becoming proactive fraud fighters and educating others about the signs and risks of these scams.<\/li>\n<li>Immediate action is advised if you suspect a scam: stop communication, contact your bank to address financial transactions, and report the fraud to relevant authorities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Postal Inspection Service warns of new AI-powered scams targeting public https:\/\/www.wmar2news.com\/matterformallory\/u-s-postal-inspection-service-warns-public-about-new-wave-of-scams-powered-by-artificial-intelligence Publish Date: 2026-04-02&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":201488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/59c7c9d\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1280x672+0+24\/resize\/1200x630!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb5%2F94%2F0afb6d2a455bac2b4b458304ccf4%2Fscam-likely.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201487"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201487"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201489,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201487\/revisions\/201489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}