‘Yikes!’ Elon Musk warns users against latest deepfake crypto scam

Cointelegraph

Published May 26, 2022 05:17AM ET

Updated May 26, 2022 07:00AM ET

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk distanced himself from yet another fabricated video promoting a cryptocurrency scam.

Originally shared on Twitter (NYSE:TWTR), the video in question was a deepfake of Musk purportedly promoting a cryptocurrency platform boasting 30% returns on crypto deposits. Scammers made use of original footage from a TED Talk featuring Musk and curator Chris Anderson at a TED conference in Vancouver in April this year.

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