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How ‘Deepfake Elon Musk’ Became the Internet’s Biggest Scammer (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 3 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] something_random_tho@lemmy.world 87 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Since when is Deepfake Musk a bigger scammer than real Musk? The man's been selling "full self-driving" upgrades to Teslas for years, and they're no closer to "full self-driving" now than they were at the start. Surely real Musk has scammed far more people.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago

Probably why this scam works so well. It's like how the bad spelling etc in phishing helps to weed out the less susceptible people so they don't waste their time.

If you're already falling for the Musk bullshit, then you're a prime target.

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