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’m (not) sorry but if you are capable of falling for this scam you are living in an actual fucking dream world and are a danger to the community
In a just world those scammers wouldn’t exist but this guy also wouldn’t recklessly revel in obvious delusions of grandeur