A deepfake of Apple CEO Tim Cook asked viewers to deposit crypto into a wallet address in a bid to pull off the common “double-your-money” scam.
YouTube was flooded with livestreams featuring deepfakes of Apple CEO Tim Cook that shilled crypto scams amid the tech giant’s own livestream unveiling its latest generation of iPhones.
In one of the Sept. 9 scam streams shared to X, an artificial intelligence faked Cook asked viewers to send Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Tether (USDT) or Dogecoin (DOGE) to a “contribution address,” claiming Apple would send them double the amount back.
“Once you complete your deposit, the system will automatically process it and send back double the amount of the cryptocurrency you deposited,” the AI-fake Cook urged.
