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Ottawa Couple Reportedly Loses CA$177,023 After Purported Deepfake Elon Musk Investment Scam

October 1, 2023

A retired Ottawa couple, Doug and Victoria Lloyd, lost over CA$177,000 after falling victim to a deepfake video of Elon Musk promoting a fake investment platform. The deceptive deepfake led to prolonged social engineering, unauthorized remote access to their computer, and fraudulent cryptocurrency transfers. This tragic incident underscores the importance of responsible AI, trustworthy AI governance, and harm prevention in our digital age.

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Alleged deployer
unknown-scammers, unknown-scammer-impersonating-elon-musk
Alleged developer
unknown-voice-cloning-technology-developers, unknown-deepfake-technology-developers
Alleged harmed parties
victoria-lloyd, investors, general-public-of-canada, general-public, elon-musk, elderly-investors, elderly-individuals, doug-lloyd, canadian-investors, epistemic-integrity

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1276

Data source

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