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Elon Musk Deepfake Scam Dupes Couple, Cyber Threats Surge: Stay Vigilant

Elon Musk Deepfake Scam Dupes Couple, Cyber Threats Surge: Stay Vigilant

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 Hey listeners, Scotty here, your go-to scam buster with a techie twist on the latest cyber chaos hitting the wires. Picture this: I'm scrolling my feeds on December 15th, and bam—Florida's got a Leesburg couple, George Hendricks and his wife, down 45 grand after deepfake Elon Musk videos suckered them into a fake Tesla giveaway. George joins a Facebook group, gets a WhatsApp ping saying he won 100k and a car, then a personalized AI vid of Musk swearing, "Trust me with your whole heart." Boom—shipping fees, bogus investments, drained accounts. ClickOrlando reports the scammers used a 30-second Musk clip to whip up that fake in minutes, per ThreatLocker's Kieran Human. Pro tip: Watch for stiff necks and no-breathing in those vids—AI's getting slicker, but not perfect yet.

Flip to Australia's Gold Coast, where builder Matthew Stringer wakes up to some "tradie" poser claiming to be his nephew, hijacking his license to rip off homeowners. ABC News says one victim lost 12k on a retaining wall that never happened. Queensland cops just issued an arrest warrant—do your due diligence, folks; verify licenses on official sites before handing over cash.

Stateside, WVU Police are blasting alerts on sextortion hitting students—strangers snag compromising pics via apps or games, then demand crypto or they'll blast 'em everywhere. Chief Sherry St. Clair says never send nudes to unknowns, block and report to cops pronto. Turn off cams when idle, skip shady links—they pack malware that hijacks your mic.

Holiday heat's on too: Better Business Bureau lists 12 nasties like fake puppy ads and charity pleas, while Leander, Texas locals get "deputy" calls demanding Bitcoin bail. DC's Attorney General Brian Schwalb warns gift card drains are spiking—scammers snag codes from racks or your emails. And don't sleep on AI job scams; World Economic Forum notes fraudsters deepfake into remote IT gigs, botting their way to insider access.

Listeners, stay sharp: Verify everything twice, use two-factor everywhere, and if it smells fishy, ghost 'em. Check sources like official police sites, never click unsolicited links. You've got the power—don't let these pixel pirates win.

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