Hack history / 2022 / Scam
Elon Musk deepfake tries to get people to give scammers Bitcoin
Scam on May 27, 2022
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$2K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#2,406
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
No description from DefiLlama or SlowMist; see the sources below.
Details
- Date
- May 27, 2022
- Kind
- Scam
- Method
- not stated
- How in
- Phishing and scams
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- Bitcoin
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Elon Musk deepfake tries to get people to give scammers Bitcoin scam, May 27, 2022: $2K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht34ffbc5d92/ (data as of 2026-10-31).