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A fake Tesla channel on YouTube with a sizable following has used a deepfake of tech-billionaire Elon Musk to lure viewers to an apparent phishing site. The video hooked viewers with a provocative populist-bait title: “LIVE NEWS: Elon Musk joined Trump in a heated debate with Kamala Harris!” and promised to double their crypto. Of course scams are in no shortage in the world of crypto, but a livestream aired early this morning (JST) from a channel with an ostensible 31.5k subscribers, pretending to be electric automobile giant Tesla, was something special. After speaking for minutes in characteristic monotone fashion, about usual Musk-ian topics such as energy concerns surrounding crypto, praise for Donald Trump, and otherwise banal stuff about the importance of regulation, the supposed SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO declared: “What you’re about to witness is an absolutely unique event … but it will completely change your belief in cryptocurrency, and it might even change your life.” “Right now, we will double your cryptocurrency,” the deepfake Musk stated. The deepfake video depicted Musk offering to double users’ dogecoin, bitcoin, and ether via an apparent phishing site. The danger of deepfakes on display as video targets Musk and Trump disciples The video, entitled “LIVE NEWS: Elon Musk joined Trump in a heated debate with Kamala Harris!” featured over 60,000 live viewers according to YouTube, but this, of course, could be due to bots. While somewhat convincing on superficial viewing, and especially listening, close attention reveals that “Musk’s” mouth movements do not match the words he is saying, and the obvious lie that viewer crypto can be “effortlessly” doubled is a dead giveaway the video is a scam. Still, with the current global political climate heavily polarized by mass media and individuals desperate to pay bills in failing economies, scams such…

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Filed under: News - @ September 15, 2024 10:26 pm