cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/56223456
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.
I wasn’t with you at first, people age at different rates and cognitive decline comes for us all, but the point you make about Elon Musk is convincing enough.
I won’t pity him but I also hope they catch the theif.