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Grandparent voice-clone calls

A caller sounds exactly like a grandchild in trouble and begs for money, asking you not to tell anyone. The voice can be cloned from a few seconds of public video.

What it looks like

Phone call · Your grandchild (crying)
"Grandma, it's me… I had an accident and I need money for a lawyer today. Please don't tell Mum."

How it usually ends

The voice was cloned from a short video your grandchild posted.

Red flags

A real case

US prosecutors charged 25 Canadians in 2025 over Montreal call centres posing as grandchildren and “attorneys,” even inventing a gag order to stop victims talking.

What to do

Could you spot it in the moment?

In Painted Sky you’re born at random somewhere on Earth and live a whole life — and this scam is one of the fakes that can find you. Make the call yourself, then replay the same life with a lens that shows what was fake.

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