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.
It’s simple: Boomers grew up in a world where money was handed out for free just for being white. The ideas of hard work, financial responsibility, or the value of a dollar were lost on the whole generation. They don’t think twice about sending $25,000 to some random person because that’s how they got that money in the first place (50 years ago, which they used to buy their first house (now their fourth rental property)).
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No they weren’t
uh…actually, part of the scam was a $10,000 investment on a promised return of $120,000.
Oh okay my bad I got confused
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