{"id":14030,"date":"2024-06-03T18:28:34","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T15:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/deepfake-of-elon-musk-promotes-bitcoin-scam-on-youtube\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T18:28:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T15:28:34","slug":"deepfake-of-elon-musk-promotes-bitcoin-scam-on-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/deepfake-of-elon-musk-promotes-bitcoin-scam-on-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"Deepfake of Elon Musk Promotes Bitcoin Scam on YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On June 2, a graphic designer for Dogecoin, known as DogeDesigner, discovered a YouTube livestream featuring a deepfake of Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk promoting a cryptocurrency scam.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">YouTube should change its name to ScamTube.<\/p>\n<p>A deepfake livestream of Elon Musk promoting a cryptocurrency scam is currently being broadcast on YouTube, with over 35,000 people watching. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iyjjg2nari\">pic.twitter.com\/iyjjg2nari<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cb_doge\/status\/1797070430429417841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>DogeDesigner reported that the video had garnered over 35,000 viewers. One user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/robbystarbuck\/status\/1797080673380917312\">noted<\/a> that the number had reached 42,000.<\/p>\n<p>In the edited video titled &#8220;Tesla Unveils a Masterpiece: The Tesla That Will Forever Change the Auto Industry,&#8221; there is a sudden shift in theme about a third of the way through.<\/p>\n<p>The fake Musk invites users to scan a QR code on the screen, which directs them to a giveaway website. He recommends doing this during the so-called live broadcast.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;On the site, you can deposit any amount of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dogecoin without any registration. Once you do, you will receive double the amount of the deposited cryptocurrency,&#8221; says the fake entrepreneur.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At the time of writing, the video is still available on YouTube.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-eu.googleusercontent.com\/YqJ8Cv6o9SJB8AINymehggD9smkTXO5Az6n5ADC4WNUVjdFEOc1Z4brH7t0zxEGl9iko67foJOEDVO1w5gbvm2H0jxrN6gTSbKTy10gIeOUhWRmqucUrFmoxVD2PhadMLc-NOCtNcbCoEy6eJw4Gv6A\" alt=\"Deepfake of Elon Musk Promotes Bitcoin Scam on YouTube\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot of the scam video. Source: YouTube.  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The scammers&#8217; channel closely resembles the official Tesla page on the video platform and even has nearly 15,000 subscribers. The original has 2.65 million.<\/p>\n<p>Musk responded to DogeDesigner&#8217;s post with a very succinct tweet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"qam\" dir=\"ltr\">!!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1797072244188868766?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, billionaire investor Warren Buffett <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/warren-buffett-equates-deepfake-threat-to-nuclear-weapons\">compared<\/a> the threat of deepfakes to nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 2, a graphic designer for Dogecoin, known as DogeDesigner, discovered a YouTube livestream featuring a deepfake of Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk promoting a cryptocurrency scam. YouTube should change its name to ScamTube. A deepfake livestream of Elon Musk promoting a cryptocurrency scam is currently being broadcast on YouTube, with over 35,000 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1250,1217,1246,1103],"class_list":["post-14030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-deepfakes","tag-elon-musk","tag-scammers","tag-youtube"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"101","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}