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Florida man says his wife ‘wants a divorce’ after he lost $45,000 on an AI-generated Elon Musk car scam (www.independent.co.uk)

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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.

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[-] DriftingLynx@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago

She wanted one before, but this was confirmation.

[-] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 3 points 1 month ago

No, this was the "she's gonna get everything she wants" irrefutable proof that he can't be trusted.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Well, it's America, the first thing to go after the money is the wife.

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