South Korean woman loses over ₹41 lakh to Elon Musk deepfake video: ‘Added me on Instagram, said I love you’

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A South Korean woman, known by the pseudonym Jeong Ji-sun, lost 70 million won ( ₹41 lakh) to a romance scam after being deceived by a deepfake video featuring Tesla CEO Elon Musk, according to local media reports. According to a report by KBS, Jeong Ji-sun felt like "a dream come true" when she began chatting with someone on Instagram who claimed to be Musk. “I experienced something like a dream last year," she told the broadcaster. “On July 17, ‘Musk’ added me as a friend on Instagram. Although I have been a huge fan of Musk after reading his...