‘I’m sick’ — Scammers use AI, fake ID of crypto influencer to steal $4M

The host of The Wolf Of All Streets podcast, Scott Melker, says he’s received word that his face and name are being impersonated by scammers, with at least one victim duped out of $4 million.  On April 23, the crypto investor said, “I’m sick,” reporting that he’d been contacted by a private investigator revealing that a client of his was scammed for $4 million by a Nigerian group using his name and face as bait.  “They’ve apparently scammed a number of people,” Melker said, adding, “They sent him a fake driver’s license to prove it was me,” and used his X avatar as the photo. The scammers used AI to generate the fake ID and used a fake but convincing-looking email account source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/scammers-use-ai-fake-id-scott-melker-steal-4m?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound