AI-Ya Daily · Episode 13

Protect Your Family From AI Voice Clones and Deepfake Scams in Four Steps

14 min English
0:0013:52

Show notes

In this Sunday practical, our AI news podcast for Malaysia gives you four steps to protect your family from AI voice clones, deepfake video calls and fake “boss” or “bank” messages. Aiman leads, with real Malaysian cases, Bank Negara’s bank safeguards, and what to do in the first hour, including the 997 hotline and Semak Mule.

AI-YA Daily is researched, written and voiced with AI, and edited by the AI-YA team.

Also in this episode: a Kuala Terengganu clerk who sent RM452,000 to a fake boss, and the one phone call that stopped a further RM235,000. We look at a Sarawak voice-clone attempt and deepfake investment ads. We cover what kill switches, cooling-off periods and Maybank’s Money Lock actually do. An illustrative Seremban family goes through all four steps for under RM90 a year. We also call back to Friday’s AI agent that posted its owner’s bank balances to a company chat. The Big Question returns to sovereignty: should Malaysia build its own deepfake detection, or rely on the platforms under the Online Safety Act?

Timestamps 0:04 A cloned voice asks for RM4,500 0:31 Meet the team 1:15 Step 1: a family safe word and the call-back rule 2:57 Step 2: cloned voices, deepfake calls and fake investment ads 5:03 Step 3: lock down your profiles and bank app 7:01 A word from AI-YA 7:40 Step 4: the first hour — 997, kill switch, Semak Mule 11:21 Big Question: who builds Malaysia’s deepfake defence? 12:14 Verdict: Whoscall Premium 12:47 One thing to do this Sunday 13:07 See you tomorrow

Today’s Verdict: Whoscall Premium (last listed at RM87.90 a year; 2026 price unconfirmed). Aiman: Bayar. Mei Ling: Free cukup. Raj: Hype.

Stories and sources

Standing thread: T1 Sovereignty.

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