{"id":11112,"date":"2022-05-26T09:25:56","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T09:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/yikes-elon-musk-warns-users-against-latest-deepfake-crypto-scam\/"},"modified":"2022-05-26T09:25:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T09:25:58","slug":"yikes-elon-musk-warns-users-against-latest-deepfake-crypto-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/yikes-elon-musk-warns-users-against-latest-deepfake-crypto-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Yikes!\u2019 Elon Musk warns users against latest deepfake crypto scam"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk distanced himself from yet another fabricated video promoting a cryptocurrency scam.<\/p>\n
Originally shared on Twitter, 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.<\/p>\n