Purported Deepfake Impersonating Elon Musk Allegedly Defrauded Elderly U.S. Woman of $50,000 via Gift Card–to-Crypto Scam
Description
An 80-year-old U.S. woman was reportedly deceived by scammers using purportedly AI-generated messages and deepfake media impersonating Elon Musk into believing she was in a romantic relationship with him. The perpetrators allegedly induced her to buy over $50,000 in Apple gift cards to be converted into cryptocurrency, leaving her financially endangered and at risk of foreclosure on her home.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- scammers-impersonating-elon-musk
- scammers
- impersonation-scammers
- synthetic-media-creators
- deepfake-creators
Alleged Developers
- synthetic-audio-generation-technology-developers
- deepfake-technology-developers
- synthetic-media-generation-technology-developers
Harmed Parties
- unnamed-80-year-old-u.s.-woman
- epistemic-integrity
- elon-musk
- elderly-investors
- cryptocurrency-investors-defrauded-by-ai-generated-profiles
- elderly-individuals
- victims-of-impersonation-scams
- victims-of-deepfake-enabled-fraud
- women-and-girls
- women
Classification
Risk Domain
Malicious Actors & MisuseRisk Subdomain
4.3. Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
MIT Risk Profile
Source
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