  Starting from a five-dimensional (5D) vacuum theory of gravity where the
extra coordinate is considered as noncompact, we investigate the possibility of
inducing four-dimensional (4D) phantom scenarios by applying form-invariance
symmetry transformations. In particular we obtain phantom scenarios for two
cosmological frameworks. In the first framework we deal with an induced 4D
de-Sitter expansion and in the second one a 4D induced model where the
expansion of the universe is dominated by a decreasing cosmological parameter
$\Lambda(t)$ is discussed.
