Joe Bonamassa recently took to X to slam AI voice scammers.
“This is by far the most F’D up thing I have seen in a while… An AI voice made to sound like mine encouraging folks to check a message on some other platform,” the guitarist wrote in his post.
He added, “PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND to this and report it as fake. I am not messaging anyone. Besides, the joke is on them my speaking voice sounds way more like Kermit the Frog than any AI-generated Joe Bo could ever pull off.”
Many artists got into trouble with scammers and warned their fans about it. Gene Simmons took to X in July after his Facebook account was hacked and wrote, “Friends – as I said previously, our Facebook page got taken over by a malicious hacker for about a week.”
The bassist continued, “With some help from Meta, we’re back to normal now. If you received any strange messages or comments from my Facebook account, please disregard them and do not click any links or send any personal information to this account.”
“I will never ask you for money, or ask you for your personal information, ever. It was a career scammer trying to get your money and attention. Remember to always keep your passwords and information to yourselves. I hate all these buttons we have to push, but that, unfortunately, is the world we live in today,” Simmons concluded his post.
Gene also warned fans about a fake account pretending to be him in 2021. He told them to avoid it and said he would find out who created it. He wrote on social media, “Hey, this guy is a scammer – ‘genesimmonsprvt.’ Avoid him. Meanwhile, we are tracking him down so he can get a nice comfortable bed next to his cellmate.”
In September, Brian May also warned fans about an AI scam where someone used his voice to ask for money for fake tickets. He called it a criminal act and said he was working to stop it.
