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George Hendricks deepfake (Dec 2025)
George Hendricks was scammed out of $45,000 after receiving personalized deepfake videos appearing to be from Elon Musk. The scammers used the deepfakes to convince Hendricks to pay shipping fees and invest in fake…
- Incident date
- Dec 2025
- Target
- George Hendricks
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
George Hendricks was scammed out of $45,000 after receiving personalized deepfake videos appearing to be from Elon Musk. The scammers used the deepfakes to convince Hendricks to pay shipping fees and invest in fake opportunities after he was initially contacted via Facebook and then WhatsApp.