US EditionLyon. Pied by a Fake Video of Jean Reno, He Loses 350,000 Euros on a Fraudulent Trading Platform
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A French engineer lost all the savings of his family after being trapped by an advertisement featuring a fake Jean Reno. Behind the video generated by artificial intelligence was a dreadful scam to trading. The man today tells of his descent into hell.
Pascal, an engineer from the Rhône, lost 350,000 euros because of an online scam using the image of Jean Reno. A video of the actor, generated by artificial intelligence, rented the services of a fake...
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Convinced by a so-called advisor, a 50-year-old engineer has invested more and more money in a trading scam, according to Le Progrès.
Seduced by a false advertisement featuring a deepfake by Jean Reno, Pascal invested all his savings on a fraudulent trading platform. In a few months, he lost nearly 350,000 euros. He tells how the crooks methodically gained his confidence before ruining it.
It all starts with what seems to be a seductive opportunity. In December 2022, a Lyon engineer of about fifty years marks a promotional video on social networks featuring actor Jean Reno, recently cash on Gérard Depardieu. In the sequence, the star seems to recommend a trading platform promising quick profits. Convinced by this reassuring message, the man decides to try the experiment and invests a first sum of about 200 euros.
A 50-year-old engineer lost more than 300,000 euros in a scam to the fake Jean Reno. Swindlers used a deepfake of the actor to extract money from the victim. After Brad Pitt, Jean Reno. Swindlers using the image of personalities to extract money from victims are becoming more and more popular in recent years. In Lyon, a new case is to be deplored. A 50-year-old engineer lost nearly 350,000 euros after falling into an online scam using a false ad…
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