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Florida man says his wife 'wants a divorce' after he lost $45,000 on an AI-generated Elon Musk car scam [View all]
A Florida man says he lost thousands of dollars after he was reportedly targeted by scammers pretending to be Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk.
George Hendricks, a 69-year-old from Leesburg, a suburb of Orlando, told ClickOrlando he lost $45,000 after a scammer targeted him with a deepfake video of Musk. Deepfakes are digitally-altered videos often used to impersonate notable public figures.
Now, Hendricks tells the outlet that his wife “wants to get a divorce” over the scam.
The incident unfolded after Hendricks commented on a post in a Facebook group claiming to advertise car giveaways, ClickOrlando reports. ...................(more)
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/elon-musk-florida-man-scam-divorce-b2885053.html
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