Guelph, Ontario, Woman Reportedly Lost $14,000 in Purported Deepfake MrBeast Cryptocurrency Scam
Description
A Guelph, Ontario, woman reportedly lost $14,000 after clicking a social-media ad for a cryptocurrency investment purportedly promoted by MrBeast. Police said her losses accumulated through an initial $250 payment and later transfers made after she spoke with supposed representatives and someone she believed was the YouTube creator, including $5,000 sent to a crypto wallet.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- scammers-impersonating-mrbeast
- 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
- youtube-users
- unnamed-guelph-ontario-woman
- social-media-users
- general-public
- fans-of-mrbeast
- epistemic-integrity
- women-and-girls
- women
- victims-of-impersonation-scams
- victims-of-deepfake-enabled-fraud
Classification
Risk Domain
Malicious Actors & MisuseRisk Subdomain
4.3. Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
MIT Risk Profile
Source
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