{"id":201993,"date":"2026-04-03T15:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/pikesville-man-warns-of-increased-risk\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T15:30:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:30:38","slug":"pikesville-man-warns-of-increased-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/pikesville-man-warns-of-increased-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Pikesville man warns of increased risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbaltv.com\/article\/ai-voice-scams-risks-artificial-intelligence-what-to-know\/70928502\">Pikesville man warns of increased risk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbaltv.com\/article\/ai-voice-scams-risks-artificial-intelligence-what-to-know\/70928502\">https:\/\/www.wbaltv.com\/article\/ai-voice-scams-risks-artificial-intelligence-what-to-know\/70928502<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-03 15:14:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.wbaltv.com\">www.wbaltv.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Increasing AI Voice Scams:<\/strong> Artificial intelligence voice cloning techniques are increasingly used by scammers to imitate individuals&#8217; voices and trick them into sending money.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Michael Bresler&#8217;s Experience:<\/strong> Michael Bresler from Pikesville, Maryland, discovered his father was targeted by such a scam after suspicious missed calls and a panicked sounding call.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Common Scam Techniques:<\/strong> Scammers typically use emotional appeal, urgency, and threats of loss to coerce victims into sending money.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Red Flags to Watch For:<\/strong> Bresler noticed red flags such as his father\u2019s alleged DUI, which was improbable given he doesn&#8217;t drink, and questioned who he should send money to.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Preventative Measures:<\/strong> To avoid scams, individuals should educate themselves, use call and text blockers, verify suspicious calls by returning them, and establish safe words with family members.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bresler\u2019s Advice:<\/strong> Bresler encourages not to feel embarrassed if scammed and stresses the importance of being aware and cautious to protect oneself and family.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pikesville man warns of increased risk https:\/\/www.wbaltv.com\/article\/ai-voice-scams-risks-artificial-intelligence-what-to-know\/70928502 Publish Date: 2026-04-03 15:14:00 Source Domain: www.wbaltv.com Increasing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":201994,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/kubrick.htvapps.com\/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/ai-voice-scams-what-to-know-69d00961ef98f.jpg?crop=1.00xw:1.00xh;0,0&resize=1200:*","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-201993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201993"}],"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=201993"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201995,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201993\/revisions\/201995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}