{"id":15066,"date":"2025-05-06T15:43:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T15:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/?p=15066"},"modified":"2026-10-24T18:18:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T18:18:52","slug":"whatsapp-warning-uk-parents-scammed-out-of-500k-by-ai-that-pretends-to-be-their-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/fr\/2025\/05\/whatsapp-warning-uk-parents-scammed-out-of-500k-by-ai-that-pretends-to-be-their-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Alerte WhatsApp\u00a0: Des parents britanniques victimes d\u2019une escroquerie de 500\u00a0000\u00a0\u00a3 par une IA se faisant passer pour leurs enfants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Une vague d&#039;escroqueries aliment\u00e9es par l&#039;IA d\u00e9ferle sur WhatsApp, co\u00fbtant aux familles britanniques pr\u00e8s d&#039;un demi-million de livres sterling rien qu&#039;en 2025, et nous ne sommes qu&#039;en mai.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les cybercriminels combinent d\u00e9sormais les vieilles techniques aux nouvelles technologies. Dans ce contexte en constante \u00e9volution, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13032661\/text-message-scam-Nina-Merrilees-hi-Mum.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cArnaque \u201d Salut maman \u00bb<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Des escrocs se font passer pour un proche via WhatsApp et demandent de l&#039;argent en urgence.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Le twist<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ils utilisent d\u00e9sormais des messages vocaux g\u00e9n\u00e9r\u00e9s par l&#039;IA pour <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/ai-being-used-mimic-children-003800221.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADEm-Z21sA0mgSK2IQ1LFbNvvwuRR-xTvkCqsV8Nnp0oMwtYCT6zgaV5LhIjmCAU8G5ywoKxe6jWJZg_gBcIiOYios2ana4Hr565j12KatDVkfnG957xAp7dB3Qbvw-2WPenhyicq7hvqXrIYmX06GpF5ECCJug0StbmMEqdpEKh\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">imiter les voix des enfants,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> rendre la tromperie terriblement convaincante.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c Les escrocs sont de plus en plus dou\u00e9s pour manipuler les gens\u2026 cloner n\u2019importe quelle voix est d\u00e9sormais simple, m\u00eame en quelques instants. \u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00ab\u00a0dit Jake Moore, conseiller mondial en cybers\u00e9curit\u00e9 chez ESET.\u00a0\u00bb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>En chiffres :<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">506 arnaques sur WhatsApp depuis janvier 2025<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les victimes ont perdu 490 606 \u00a3 ($651 230)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rien qu&#039;en avril\u00a0: 135 cas, 127\u00a0417\u00a0\u00a3 de pertes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Comment \u00e7a marche\u00a0:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vous recevez un message WhatsApp d&#039;un num\u00e9ro inconnu\u00a0: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSalut maman, j&#039;ai perdu mon t\u00e9l\u00e9phone.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ils affirment \u00eatre bloqu\u00e9s hors de leur banque.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ils envoient un message vocal et c&#039;est tout. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sons<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> comme votre enfant.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ils vous demandent de transf\u00e9rer de l&#039;argent d&#039;urgence sur un nouveau compte.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-15073 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/900EB4EF-656A-4B84-90ED-6076F76AFF13-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"942\" height=\"942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/900EB4EF-656A-4B84-90ED-6076F76AFF13-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dailyai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/900EB4EF-656A-4B84-90ED-6076F76AFF13-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dailyai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/900EB4EF-656A-4B84-90ED-6076F76AFF13-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/dailyai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/900EB4EF-656A-4B84-90ED-6076F76AFF13-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dailyai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/900EB4EF-656A-4B84-90ED-6076F76AFF13-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/dailyai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/900EB4EF-656A-4B84-90ED-6076F76AFF13-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/dailyai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/900EB4EF-656A-4B84-90ED-6076F76AFF13-12x12.jpeg 12w, https:\/\/dailyai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/900EB4EF-656A-4B84-90ED-6076F76AFF13-878x878.jpeg 878w, https:\/\/dailyai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/900EB4EF-656A-4B84-90ED-6076F76AFF13-60x60.jpeg 60w, https:\/\/dailyai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/900EB4EF-656A-4B84-90ED-6076F76AFF13-480x480.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/dailyai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/900EB4EF-656A-4B84-90ED-6076F76AFF13-24x24.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/dailyai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/900EB4EF-656A-4B84-90ED-6076F76AFF13-48x48.jpeg 48w, https:\/\/dailyai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/900EB4EF-656A-4B84-90ED-6076F76AFF13-96x96.jpeg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\" \/><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capture d&#039;\u00e9cran d&#039;un extrait de l&#039;arnaque par SMS \u2018 Salut maman \u2019 sur WhatsApp.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Photo : Santander<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><b>Le danger<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les escrocs r\u00e9cup\u00e8rent des extraits vocaux et des informations personnelles sur les r\u00e9seaux sociaux. Ils utilisent ensuite une intelligence artificielle g\u00e9n\u00e9rative pour cloner la voix et \u00e9laborer une histoire cr\u00e9dible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c J\u2019ai r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 tromper ma propre m\u00e8re gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 une version IA de ma voix. \u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Moore l&#039;admet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Qui est \u00e0 risque\u00a0:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parents d&#039;enfants actifs sur les r\u00e9seaux sociaux<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les utilisateurs \u00e2g\u00e9s sont moins familiers avec les astuces de l&#039;IA<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toute personne recevant des messages de num\u00e9ros inconnus<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Ce que vous pouvez faire :<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toujours <\/span>Rappelez en utilisant un num\u00e9ro enregistr\u00e9 avant d&#039;envoyer de l&#039;argent<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Mettez en place des \u2018 mots de code \u2019 familiaux pour identifier les v\u00e9ritables urgences.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">N&#039;envoyez jamais d&#039;argent vers un nouveau compte sans confirmation.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Signalez les arnaques au 7726 (ligne de signalement des arnaques au Royaume-Uni).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Si vous \u00eates victime de telles attaques, contactez imm\u00e9diatement votre banque.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Restez vigilants<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les arnaques utilisant l&#039;IA progressent rapidement. M\u00eame si WhatsApp est crypt\u00e9, une personne connaissant votre num\u00e9ro peut vous envoyer des messages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c Ces arnaques \u00e9voluent \u00e0 une vitesse fulgurante. \u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00ab\u00a0dit Chris Ainsley, responsable de la lutte contre la fraude chez Santander.\u00a0\u00bb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L&#039;intelligence artificielle a d\u00e9cupl\u00e9 une arnaque courante. Si votre enfant vous appelle d&#039;un num\u00e9ro inconnu pour vous demander de l&#039;argent, m\u00e9fiez-vous. Rappelez-le ensuite au num\u00e9ro que vous connaissez.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Une vague d&#039;escroqueries utilisant l&#039;intelligence artificielle d\u00e9ferle sur WhatsApp, co\u00fbtant aux familles britanniques pr\u00e8s d&#039;un demi-million de livres sterling rien qu&#039;en 2025, et nous ne sommes qu&#039;en mai. Les cybercriminels combinent d\u00e9sormais leurs vieilles techniques aux nouvelles technologies. Dans l&#039;escroquerie \u201c\u00a0Salut maman\u00a0\u201d, qui \u00e9volue constamment, les fraudeurs se font passer pour un proche sur WhatsApp et demandent de l&#039;argent en urgence. Le hic\u00a0? Ils utilisent maintenant des messages vocaux g\u00e9n\u00e9r\u00e9s par IA pour imiter les voix d&#039;enfants, rendant la supercherie terriblement convaincante. \u201c\u00a0Les escrocs sont de plus en plus dou\u00e9s pour manipuler les gens\u2026 cloner n&#039;importe quelle voix est d\u00e9sormais simple, m\u00eame en quelques instants\u00a0\u201d, explique Jake Moore, conseiller mondial en cybers\u00e9curit\u00e9 chez ESET. En chiffres\u00a0: 506 personnes sur WhatsApp<\/p>","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":15451,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WhatsApp Warning: UK Parents Scammed Out of \u00a3500K by AI That Pretends to Be Their Kids | DailyAI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/fr\/2025\/05\/whatsapp-warning-uk-parents-scammed-out-of-500k-by-ai-that-pretends-to-be-their-kids\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WhatsApp Warning: UK Parents Scammed Out of \u00a3500K by AI That Pretends to Be Their Kids | DailyAI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A wave of AI-powered scams is sweeping across WhatsApp, costing UK families nearly half a million pounds in 2025 alone and it\u2019s only May. 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