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Well, scams are unethical regardless of method used. It would equally unethical if done by a human. So that's not the difference.
And Impersonators are already profiting off of someone else, since they're specifically hired to mimic someone.
The other points you mention all boil down to being ethically wrong because it's easy, which doesn't really make any sense IMO. why is a thing ethically wrong just because it's easy, if it wasn't ethically wrong when it was hard?
Would you consider a person using a voice-changer to mimic ethically wrong?
Social animals like us invent ethics. It all comes down to what most people find appalling vs what most people find acceptable. A lot of that comes down to empathy. How would you feel if it was done to you?
Impersonating my voice? Not really something I have an issue with as such. From the article they are using the voice of the actor to impersonate a fictional character. If someone used my voice to create a fictional character like done here, I probably wouldn't have an issue with that.