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Many people have been taken in by "famous billionaire endorses bullshit investment" deepfakes, whether it's Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Warren Buffett, or Australia's Twiggy Forrest, Gina Rinehart etc.

The scams are real, the victims are real, it's in the global "west" and sorely under reported and the conveyors (Facebook, Twitter, etc) have washed their hands of dealing with it:

eg.

Forrest's Facebook fight dropped by Australian prosecutors https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/forres...

    Andrew Forrest’s legal battle to hold social media giant Meta to account over the proliferation of scam ads using his likeness on Facebook has been dealt a major blow.

Australian victim of fraud syndicate advertising on Facebook on a mission to stop others being burned https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/australians-falling-f...

The realism of deepfake video with real known public figures apparently endorsing investments as "safe" is another level past Nigerian prince scams.