Florida man says his wife 'wants a divorce' after he lost $45,000 on an AI-generated Elon Musk car scam

[marmar]

A Florida man says he lost thousands of dollars after he was reportedly targeted by scammers pretending to be Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk.

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.

The incident unfolded after Hendricks commented on a post in a Facebook group claiming to advertise car giveaways, ClickOrlando reports. ...................(more)

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/elon-musk-florida-man-scam-divorce-b2885053.html

[chouchou]

1. I understand her feelings. Yep, here in Floriduh, there's a cornucopia of scams.

The sad part is not just a one-time-thing.
There's several "Organizations" that will find your money and fix all your scam problems.
Ah..yeah right. These cockroaches are sharp and they go after older people that have lost money
because of old-brain thinking.
"We'll fix all your mistakes!! " Just write to us your bank numbers..etc...etc... Oh Brother...

[marble falls]

2. To be fair, she only married him for the 45Gs.

[hadEnuf]

6. Hahaha

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Who knows what that woman tolerated

Over the years. There are more like him in the villages.

[OC375]

4. So Much For Vows

Guess they don't mention stupidity though, so there's a loophole I'd imagine.

[CanonRay]

5. In truth, she's divorcing h8m because he's an idiot.

[hadEnuf]

7. She's probably the scammer.

Just show a MAGA a picture of Musk or Trump and they go into a stupor.

[Whyisthisstillclose]

8. He should have figured it out. The AI would look and act much more human than the real Musk.