How ‘Deepfake Elon Musk’ Became the Internet’s Biggest Scammer (www.nytimes.com)
from silence7@slrpnk.net to technology@lemmy.world on 14 Aug 2024 14:17
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jordanlund@lemmy.world on 14 Aug 2024 14:32 next collapse

Most of the ones I see are just spam emails for some amazing new heater/air conditioner/phone charger with Musks name and face on them, they don’t even bother with a deep fake.

technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 15 Aug 2024 16:01 collapse

Imagine seeing his face on a product and thinking, “Wow this looks trustworthy and reliable.” 🫤

random_character_a@lemmy.world on 14 Aug 2024 14:33 next collapse

I wouldn’t invest 690000$ on any single opportunity, even if Jesus himself came to endorse it and promise lifetime supply of red wine.

damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world on 14 Aug 2024 14:35 next collapse

Could it be that the one who tweets is also this scammer?

something_random_tho@lemmy.world on 14 Aug 2024 14:48 next collapse

Since when is Deepfake Musk a bigger scammer than real Musk? The man’s been selling “full self-driving” upgrades to Teslas for years, and they’re no closer to “full self-driving” now than they were at the start. Surely real Musk has scammed far more people.

Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de on 14 Aug 2024 15:11 next collapse

Don’t forget the tube trains that the world has known to be a scam for over a century. But at least he was correct when he said Starship would be sending people to Mars in 2022 and 2024, that the cybertruck would work as a boat, that model 3s would appreciate rather than depreciate, that solar roof tiles would replace normal solar panels by 2020, that the tunnels under Vegas would use high speed sleds, that Falcon 9 can be reconditioned for flight faster than the space shuttle, that a $30k Tesla roaster was released in 2017, and Twitter hasn’t become an (even more) hate filled echo chamber.

technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 15 Aug 2024 15:59 collapse

The list goes on…

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usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca on 14 Aug 2024 19:52 collapse

Probably why this scam works so well. It’s like how the bad spelling etc in phishing helps to weed out the less susceptible people so they don’t waste their time.

If you’re already falling for the Musk bullshit, then you’re a prime target.

jagermo@feddit.org on 14 Aug 2024 17:33 next collapse

Ah, doubling money sent to this account, the old Jita scam.

Playing Eve online should be mandatory to teach people about scams an social engineering

silence7@slrpnk.net on 14 Aug 2024 18:37 collapse

The scams are designed as alzheimers screening tools. Teaching will help some people, but not that many.

Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 15 Aug 2024 16:14 collapse

It’s very interesting! kitboga actually paid to get into this Elon AI scam, and talked to this sociopath Lana for a long while.

As soon as you sign up for the AI “trading” scam, you get added onto a database to be spammed endlessly by scammers who bought into the ads.