Welsh pensioner loses £60,000 to deepfake crypto scammer

A vulnerable Welsh pensioner has lost about £60,000 in a cryptocurrency scam that utilized a deepfake video of Money Saving Expert founder Martin Lewis. The pensioner, 71-year-old Adrian Kearney, has early-stage dementia and was left with substantial debts after being scammed by a fraudulent investment advert on Facebook. Kearney, a great-grandfather from Swansea, was tricked […] source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/welsh-pensioner-deepfake-crypto-scammer/