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marmar

(79,136 posts) Wed Dec 17, 2025, 09:09 AM Wednesday

Florida man says his wife 'wants a divorce' after he lost $45,000 on an AI-generated Elon Musk car scam

A Florida man says he lost thousands of dollars after he was reportedly targeted by scammers pretending to be Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk.

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.

The incident unfolded after Hendricks commented on a post in a Facebook group claiming to advertise car giveaways, ClickOrlando reports. ...................(more)

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/elon-musk-florida-man-scam-divorce-b2885053.html

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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 (Original Post) marmar Wednesday OP

I understand her feelings. Yep, here in Floriduh, there's a cornucopia of scams. chouchou Wednesday #1

To be fair, she only married him for the 45Gs. marble falls Wednesday #2

Hahaha hadEnuf Wednesday #6

Who knows what that woman tolerated Baitball Blogger Wednesday #3

So Much For Vows OC375 Wednesday #4

In truth, she's divorcing h8m because he's an idiot. CanonRay Wednesday #5

She's probably the scammer. hadEnuf Wednesday #7

He should have figured it out. The AI would look and act much more human than the real Musk. Whyisthisstillclose Wednesday #8

chouchou

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1. I understand her feelings. Yep, here in Floriduh, there's a cornucopia of scams.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed Dec 17, 2025, 09:27 AM

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The sad part is not just a one-time-thing.
There's several "Organizations" that will find your money and fix all your scam problems.
Ah..yeah right. These cockroaches are sharp and they go after older people that have lost money
because of old-brain thinking.
"We'll fix all your mistakes!! " Just write to us your bank numbers..etc...etc... Oh Brother...