<div>Hi, my name is Victoria and I am seeking help for my disabled husband, Doug, who was scammed out of our entire Line of Credit in two short months, in a AI cryptocurrency fraud scam. He is normally a positive soul, who never has a negative thing to say about anyone but seeing his spirit broken is heartbreaking.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>We clicked on a misleading, social media ad, (claiming to be Elon Musk's new Quantum AI Trading Platform), that used AI technology to show Elon Musk promoting a financial venture to lure unsuspecting people into investing in a financial scam. (Who knew that such technology even existed?....until now)
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>My husband is a kind, caring, honest man, so he is very trusting of people and these scammers used his vulnerability to reel him in. He took the bait!
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>His reason for falling for this "get rich quick" scam was nobel. He was hoping to increase our finances to be able to build our own forever home, so we wouldn't have to eventually go into an assisted living situation and could live there happily ever after.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>The scammer was a very smooth operator and called multiple times everyday and got to know my husband's vulnerabilities and used this knowledge to manipulate him and gain his trust. On top of all of that, Doug is not very tech savvy so he fell for the "Anydesk" trick of allowing the scammer full access to his laptop. Never again!
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>My husband was injured in a motorcycle crash in 1972 when he was only 20 years old and was the back passenger when the crash happened. He was left for dead by the driver, with severe head trauma and multiple bone fractures, including both femurs. He spent 6 months in the hospital, in a body cast, with a steel plate in his head and permanent paralysis on his left side and had to learn to walk all over again. He is lucky to be alive and although it's getting more difficult to get around, with age, was hoping to live out the rest of his life, as happy and healthy as possible. Now that dream is gone and is replaced with heartache and stress about what our future will be like, trying to pay back nearly $180,000, plus interest, with our little pensions. We have had many sleepless nights, worrying about going bankrupt.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>There doesn't seem to be anywhere to turn for help and it seems hopeless that any of the stolen funds will ever be recovered. We have reported the crime to our local police in Ottawa, the RCMP Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre - Fraud Reporting System, Scotiabank Fraud Investigations, Equifax, TransUnion etc. but we are losing faith in the system which doesn't seem to care or be equipped to even do an investigation.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>If only we had known sooner and been warned that such misleading advertising was allowed out there, we surely would have protected ourselves from these pathetic scammers.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Please stay vigilant and protect yourselves and each other so that others don't have to suffer through this heartache. Nobody deserves to have this happen to them. It is truly devastating, especially for us senior citizens. We were robbed of our "Happily Ever After". <strong><em>Don't let this happen to your loved ones, please!</em></strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Here is us at a much happier time of our lives. My husband will always be my prince, no matter what!
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/77277829_1703372324617416_r." width="100%" />
<div><strong><em>Thank you for listening and sharing. I have faith that our story can help some other potential victim out there. </em></strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong><em>CTV News </em></strong><a href="https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/all-our-dreams-are-gone-ottawa-couple-scammed-out-of-177k-1.6729020" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>6 o'clock news</strong></a>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><a href="https://x.com/grahamctv/status/1747366886671544582?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Graham Richardson CTV News</a>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><a href="https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/some-of-the-toughest-cases-investment-fraud-running-rampant-across-canada-1.6730689?fbclid=IwAR3iHkgMyFJkEYDd--fs-5Up6dh9Zif10jQTp6znfEijWhq6EJWrSjOKics" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CTV News - Austin Lee - Beware of Investment Scams</a>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><a href="https://fhcfi.wildapricot.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fraud Hunters Canada</a>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><a href="https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/how-fraudsters-used-ai-technology-to-turn-a-ctv-ottawa-story-into-a-scam-1.6747363" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">AI technology used to turn a CTV story into a scam</a>
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/77277829_1710515336287971_r.jpeg" width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><a href="https://x.com/AustinLeeCTV/status/1752122874880753886?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Austin Lee CTV news ironic twist to scam others</a>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><a href="https://www.iheartradio.ca/580-cfra/news/fraudsters-use-deepfake-technology-to-turn-ctv-ottawa-story-into-scam-video-1.21515772" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFRA Deepfake AI Tech used to make scam video</a>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><a href="https://riverside.fm/dashboard/studios/chase-cunninghams-studio/recordings/7e4d0f0d-81c6-4c8c-b1d7-bde94d054a3e?share-token=211dd095ed1b3575e6b1&amp;content-shared=recording&amp;hls=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dr Chase Cunningham Cybercrime Magazine Podcast</a>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><a href="https://soundcloud.com/cybercrimemagazine/ottawa-couple-tricked-deepfake-elon-musk-scam-177k-lost-doug-lloyd-cybercrime-victim" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Cybercrime Radio Interview - Deepfake Elon Musk</a>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/77277829_1708016887387997_r.png" width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>

Lillian Martineau

Trevor Mcnaught

Kristi Millidge

Karen Johnston

Jennifer Burnett

Michelle Lovell

Anonymous

Lutisha Walters

Mark Warren

We were scammed for $177,023 with AI Crypto scam

platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

fundCountryCode

NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

fundCurrencyCode

US + Non-charity COs Only

locale

fund country is US and user language is English

personId

comms-internal-person-ids

Enhanced Story Experience Users

Suggested Goal Experience Users

user language is English and fund country: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

Poster share - new funds eligible (newest 9/18)

Streaming widgets beta user

paymentProcessor

3DS payment method

user language is English and fundCountry: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

paymentMethodType

checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

paymentProcessorAccountId

fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

Supporter Comments Eligible Funds

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

currencyCode

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

writePath

Stream Notification

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

unclaimed charities

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

Users Receiving Braze KYC Validation Failed

Native 11.3.0 and above

Influencer - Prod

US fundraisers and US users

ai_title_page

anyword

openai

control

manual_entry

userEmail

template_id

userId

fundUrl

isCharityCo

email

appVersion

shouldBucketIntoExperiment

partnerId

donationCadence

isActiveFundraiser

isPartner

isMobile

npoProfileOptIn

fundIsLinkedWithMeta

hasSessionDonation

isCampaignOwner

fundHasInstagramDeepLink

Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

userCurrencyCode

Localized Currency

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

We were scammed for $177,023 with AI Crypto scam

Still $176,583 to go. Help us build momentum.