{"id":127835,"date":"2025-04-24T03:16:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T03:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=127835"},"modified":"2025-04-24T03:16:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T03:16:04","slug":"im-sick-scammers-use-ai-fake-id-of-crypto-influencer-to-steal-4m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=127835","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m sick\u2019 \u2014 Scammers use AI, fake ID of crypto influencer to steal $4M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsThe host of The Wolf Of All Streets podcast, Scott Melker, says he\u2019s received word that his face and name are being impersonated by scammers, with at least one victim duped out of $4 million.\u00a0<br \/>\nOn April 23, the crypto investor said, \u201cI\u2019m sick,\u201d reporting that he\u2019d 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.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u201cThey\u2019ve apparently scammed a number of people,\u201d Melker said, adding, \u201cThey sent him a fake driver\u2019s license to prove it was me,\u201d and used his X avatar as the photo.<br \/>\nThe scammers used AI to generate the fake ID and used a fake but convincing-looking email account.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u201cThey do zoom calls with AI,\u201d which are \u201capparently sophisticated,\u201d said Melker, who added that the scammers have also spoofed accounts of his wife and kids to support identity confirmation.\u00a0<br \/>\nFake driver&#8217;s license used by scammers. Source: Scott Melker\u00a0Technical analysts \u201cTheChartGuys\u201d reported something similar, with a person getting scammed for $5,000 after the scammers replicated their voice using AI deepfakes.\u00a0<br \/>\nFake ID is easy to spot, says trader<br \/>\nCrypto adviser and trader \u201cNebraskan Gooner\u201d said a quick Google search easily reveals that the ID is fake.\u00a0<br \/>\nHe pointed out that there were a few subtle discrepancies in the address and date formats. He said that it it sucks that these scammers are getting so sophisticated, but was \u201csurprised how badly this was with how sophisticated of an operation these seems to be.\u201d\u00a0<br \/>\nCointelegraph reached out to Melker for further comments but did not receive an immediate response.\u00a0<br \/>\nRelated: \u2018Victim-blaming\u2019 Americans can deter crypto scams reporting \u2014 Regulator<br \/>\nAI-generated scams are surging as the technology evolves.\u00a0<br \/>\nIn March, California\u2019s Department of Justice warned that it had discovered seven new types of crypto scams that involved AI.\u00a0<br \/>\nIn February, Chainalysis said that 2025 will be a big year for AI scams, stating that generative AI is making scams \u201cmore scalable and affordable for bad actors to conduct.\u201d<br \/>\nIn a recent report, software giant Microsoft said that bad actors were using AI to \u201csupercharge their scams.\u201d\u00a0<br \/>\n\u201cAI tools can scan and scrape the web for company information, helping cyberattackers build detailed profiles of employees or other targets to create highly convincing social engineering lures,\u201d it stated.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s going to get exponentially worse, I would imagine,\u201d lamented Melker.\u00a0<br \/>\nMagazine: Your AI \u2018digital twin\u2019 can take meetings and comfort your loved ones<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/scammers-use-ai-fake-id-scott-melker-steal-4m?utm_source=rss_feed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsThe host of The Wolf Of All Streets podcast, Scott Melker, says he\u2019s received word that his face and name are being impersonated by scammers, with at least&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127835"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}