Deepfake case study · Multi-modal
A woman in Lafayette, Louisiana deepfake (Jan 2025)
A scammer impersonated Elon Musk using deepfake technology in video chats and on Threads to convince a woman to send over $60,000 via gift cards. The scammer promised a Tesla and cash but never delivered. Authorities…
- Incident date
- Jan 2025
- Target
- A woman in Lafayette, Louisiana
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
A scammer impersonated Elon Musk using deepfake technology in video chats and on Threads to convince a woman to send over $60,000 via gift cards. The scammer promised a Tesla and cash but never delivered. Authorities could not recover the funds.