That panicky call from a relative? It could be a thief using a voice clone, FTC warns

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This Wednesday, April 14, 2016, file photo, shows a push-button landline telephone, in Whitefield, Maine. Robert F. Bukaty/AP

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For years, a common scam has involved getting a call from someone purporting to be an authority figure, like a police officer, urgently asking you to pay money to help get a friend or family member out of trouble.

Now, federal regulators warn, such a call could come from someone who sounds just like that friend or family member — but is actually

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