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Richard Lyons

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Incident 11421 Report
Chicago Veteran Reportedly Loses $10,000 in Purported Deepfake Cryptocurrency Fraud Posing as Elon Musk

2025-07-07

A Chicago-area Vietnam War veteran, Richard Lyons, reportedly lost $10,000 to a cryptocurrency scam that used purported AI voice cloning and fake social media profiles to impersonate Elon Musk. The fraudster allegedly convinced Lyons to invest in bogus cryptocurrency opportunities using fake voice memos, images, and spoofed caller IDs showing "Elon Musk." The scam reportedly involved dozens of messages and deepfake audio files that reinforced the impersonation.

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Unknown scammer

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1142
    1 Report

    Chicago Veteran Reportedly Loses $10,000 in Purported Deepfake Cryptocurrency Fraud Posing as Elon Musk

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Unknown fraudster

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1142
    1 Report

    Chicago Veteran Reportedly Loses $10,000 in Purported Deepfake Cryptocurrency Fraud Posing as Elon Musk

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Unknown scammer impersonating Elon Musk

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1142
    1 Report

    Chicago Veteran Reportedly Loses $10,000 in Purported Deepfake Cryptocurrency Fraud Posing as Elon Musk

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Unknown deepfake technology developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1142
    1 Report

    Chicago Veteran Reportedly Loses $10,000 in Purported Deepfake Cryptocurrency Fraud Posing as Elon Musk

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Unknown voice cloning technology developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1142
    1 Report

    Chicago Veteran Reportedly Loses $10,000 in Purported Deepfake Cryptocurrency Fraud Posing as Elon Musk

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Cryptocurrency investors

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1142
    1 Report

    Chicago Veteran Reportedly Loses $10,000 in Purported Deepfake Cryptocurrency Fraud Posing as Elon Musk

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Unknown deepfake technology

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  • Incident 1142
    1 Report

    Chicago Veteran Reportedly Loses $10,000 in Purported Deepfake Cryptocurrency Fraud Posing as Elon Musk

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Unknown voice cloning technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1142
    1 Report

    Chicago Veteran Reportedly Loses $10,000 in Purported Deepfake Cryptocurrency Fraud Posing as Elon Musk

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