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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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cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/56223456

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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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 13 points 20 hours ago

I like to think she's not leaving him because he lost the money. I like to think she's leaving him because he's dumb enough to be the type of person to lose the money.

Like, $45,000? Yeah, it's a huge hit to your bank account. But money comes and goes. At the end of the day, you're still with the guy who never stopped to think.