Fake Elon Musk YouTube streams supposedly promoting crypto schemes aren\u2019t new. On Monday, total solar eclipse, that dazzled millions in the US, was allegedly livestreamed by a fake SpaceX YouTube channel.<\/p>\n
The live telecast featured business tycoon and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk\u2019s AI-generated speech, promoting a crypto investment scheme.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe stream shows a deepfake of Elon Musk asking users to scan a QR code on the screen and deposit cryptocurrencies to have them doubled,\u201d research group and iOS developer Mysk flagged first.<\/p>\n
Woow! A verified @YouTube<\/a> account is impersonating @SpaceX<\/a>\u2018s account and airing a livestream about the solar eclipse. The stream shows a deepfake of Elon Musk asking users to scan a QR code on the screen and deposit cryptocurrencies to have them doubled. 95K users are watching\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/A0B5XiAfUg<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Mysk (@mysk_co) April 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n \u201c95K users are watching it. The domain name seems to be registered in Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n The channel has 310K subscribers, rebranded to look similar to SpaceX. Mysk further noted that the video still live and appears among the first when searching for \u201csolar eclipse livestream.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/span> According to a report from Mashable<\/a>, the fake video had a QR code that read \u2013 \u201cEclipse of 2024 \u2013 Change your life,\u201d calling viewers to scan and invest. Once they scan the QR Code, the link takes to a legit-looking scammer\u2019s website impersonating SpaceX for their crypto scheme.<\/p>\n Source: Mashable<\/p>\n Some users also flagged live chats from fake Elon Musk\u2019s account mentioning a big giveaway to commemorate total solar eclipse.<\/p>\n WOW what an OPPORTUNITY #bitcoin<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Wl4bWQofCN<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Jason Paladino (@jason_paladino) April 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n The live chat also had a link to a scam website \u2013 eclipse-spaceX.com \u2013 hosted in Russia. A message from dupe Elon Musk said that 630 Bitcoin<\/a> (BTC) and 5,200 Ethereum<\/a> (ETH) \u201chave already been sent to live stream viewers.\u201d<\/p>\n This is not the first time SpaceX and Elon Musk videos have plagued YouTube. In October, a short video circulated showing Musk being interviewed, encouraging viewers in a clearly manipulated audio track to invest in the BitVex trading platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n Following the crypto scam, Musk responded in brief to the Tweet, stressing that he is not involved in any such fake promotions.<\/p>\n \u201cYikes. Def not me,\u201d the tech entrepreneur said at the time.<\/p>\n El Pa\u00eds\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0that impersonating media outlets and falsifying news became popular during the crypto boom.\u00a0Twitter, in particular, is \u201cthe perfect breeding ground\u201d for\u00a0 deepfake crypto scams to \u201cproliferate again.\u201d<\/p>\n The post Fake SpaceX Solar Eclipse Livestreams Feature Deepfake Elon Musk Seeking Crypto Deposits<\/a> appeared first on Cryptonews<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fake Elon Musk YouTube streams supposedly promoting crypto schemes aren\u2019t new. On Monday, total…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":29488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketmakersjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketmakersjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketmakersjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketmakersjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marketmakersjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketmakersjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketmakersjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketmakersjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketmakersjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Deepfake Elon Musk Speech Promotes Crypto Scam<\/h2>\n
\nTitled \u201cLive: Solar Eclipse Spectacular 2024 of SpaceX,\u201d the stream played a pre-recorded video of Musk, addressing a crowd. However, the video played an AI-generated voice of Elon Musk talking about a crypto investment opportunity and promising double returns.<\/p>\n