South Korean Woman Scammed Out of $50K by Impersonator Using Deepfake of Elon Musk
by Tech Times
Tech Times— Being an ardent admirer of Elon Musk, the victim received a friend request from an account purporting to belong to the renowned entrepreneur, utilizing sophisticated deepfake techniques to impersonate Musk convincingly.
Daily Sabah—Elon's illusion: Woman in relationship with deepfake Musk loses $50k | Daily Sabah. A South Korean woman, identified by the alias Jeong Ji-sun, fell victim to a romance scam, losing some 70 million won ($50,719) after being duped by a
PetaPixel—A Woman Lost $50,000 to a Deepfake Elon Musk in AI Romance Scam. A woman was scammed of $50,000 by a deepfake Elon Musk who sent her AI-generated photos and told her he loved her over a deepfake video call. [Read More]
Fortune—Drake’s fake Tupac, a $50,000 Elon Musk romance scam, and AI-generated racist tirades: Deepfakes are terrorizing society. The accessibility of deepfake apps has enabled the average person to use the technology to pull off viral trickery and petty revenge plots—and even five-figure romance scams.