heartbreaker@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 3 months agoDeepfake of Elon musk, Bitcoin Scam running on Youtubelemmy.worldimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
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minus-squareThistlewick@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI mean if we are deepfaking things for Elon to do, why pick something so on brand? I guess it lends legitimacy to the scam, because if anyone were to be shilling a crypto scam, it’s that old musky ballsack.
minus-squareiAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoYes, adding legitimacy is the point. The scammers want to scam people.
minus-squareheartbreaker@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoAnd people who think he is a genius are more likely to believe it, unfortunately.
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoIf they wind up believing they got scammed by Elon Musk, something good may come of this in the end.
minus-squareJax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months ago When trying to scam people, why pick something that they will believe? I think you answered your own question
minus-squareLanusensei87@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoWeb3 evangelists are VERY obsessed with Elon, all they need is a couple of them to not do the due diligence and they’ll make bank.
I mean if we are deepfaking things for Elon to do, why pick something so on brand? I guess it lends legitimacy to the scam, because if anyone were to be shilling a crypto scam, it’s that old musky ballsack.
Yes, adding legitimacy is the point. The scammers want to scam people.
And people who think he is a genius are more likely to believe it, unfortunately.
If they wind up believing they got scammed by Elon Musk, something good may come of this in the end.
I think you answered your own question
Web3 evangelists are VERY obsessed with Elon, all they need is a couple of them to not do the due diligence and they’ll make bank.