South Korean lady duped of ₹ 41 lakh with Elon Musk’s deepfake video | World News
A South Korean lady fell sufferer to a rip-off involving Elon Musk’s deepfake video and misplaced greater than ₹41 lakh. The scammer tricked the lady into believing that she was speaking to the American billionaire.
In response to a report by the Impartial, the lady got here into contact with the scammer on Instagram. The person made her consider that he was Musk by sharing footage from work, speaking about his kids and the way he contacted his followers randomly.
“I skilled one thing like a dream final 12 months. On July 17, ‘Musk’ added me as a good friend on Instagram. Though I’ve been an enormous fan of Musk after studying his autobiography, I doubted it at first,” the lady advised South Korean broadcaster KBS.
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The lady’s preliminary doubts concerning the man’s id had been eliminated once they made a video name. The person allegedly used a deepfake video of Musk to deceive the lady. In the course of the video name, he even confessed his love for her.
“‘Musk’ even stated, ‘I really like you, you realize that?’ after we made a video name,” the lady stated.
The conman then satisfied her to take a position cash to turn out to be wealthy and gave her a Korean checking account quantity. “I’m blissful when my followers are getting wealthy due to me,” the scammer allegedly advised her.
Menace of deepfakes
Misusing synthetic intelligence to create deepfakes has emerged to be a world concern. There have been many cases of individuals from varied elements of the world being duped, fooled and influenced by such deepfakes.
Not too long ago, deepfakes of Bollywood actors Aamir Khan and Ranveer Singh had been utilized in a bid to affect voters within the Lok Sabha election 2024. Within the movies, the celebrities had been proven supporting political events over their rival ones.
