Interesting scam.

My brother called to ask if I'd heard from Tony, a mutual friend.  He said Tony called from a Texas number saying he was in an accident and on the verge of crying.  Tony's phone number is from Alaska.  Tony just called me to fill me in.  No accident, everything is ok.  Evidently someone had accessed one or both of their phones and is using ai to recreate Tony's voice. They had to have infected one of their phones to get a contact number for my brother.  When the Texas number was called back it didn't answer.  That number was probably spoofed.  Be careful if someone you know calls for help.

I was informed on another forum that it's not ai but rather, other computer tools that fake voices.