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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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[–] 23 points 11 months ago (12 children)

As of the time of this reply, 3 people have downvoted you. I cannot fathom reading your message and thinking "Well this guy is clearly wrong! Everybody should be judged equally!"

How they came to the conclusion to downvote you, I'll never know.

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  • [–] 19 points 11 months ago (8 children)

    It's quick, it's easy and it's free, just like pouring river water into your socks!

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    Why would I pour river water into my socks?

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  • [–] 21 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Because it's quick, it's easy, and it's free!

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    It's not that quick, the nearest river is about a 25 minute walk from me, I wouldn't call that convenient. Also it's raining , so I can't go now or I'll get wet.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago*

    I haven't down voted them but I was strongly inclined to do so.

    It's an argumentative comment that adds nothing to the conversation. Of course we should protect vulnerable people, but we actually already do do that. At some point someone has to take responsibility for their own susceptibility to manipulation, such as recognise you can no longer make sound financial decisions and give power of attorney to someone else. Otherwise it is their fault they're getting manipulated.

    Just because of victim is over the age of 40 doesn't mean that they're mentally infeebled. This attitude ignores the underlying issue which is that quite a lot of people are just quite stupid.

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