Lost my ETH to a deepfake Elon Musk giveaway - is there ANY way to recover it?
I feel so incredibly stupid right now. I was watching a YouTube live stream over the weekend, it was supposedly Elon Musk talking about some new crypto initiative, and it looked SO real. Like, perfect video, perfect audio, everything. He was saying if you send 0.5 ETH to this address, they'd send back 1 ETH as a 'thank you' for supporting his new project. My partner warned me, but I was just so hyped and it just seemed so legit, I didn't even think. I sent 0.5 ETH from my Trust Wallet. Moments later, I realized it was a scam. The stream disappeared, the address was empty. It was a deepfake, wasn't it? I saw someone mention Chainalysis might be able to trace it but idk. Is there any actual hope of getting my money back? About $1,800 USD, which is a lot for me right now. I'm in Germany, btw.
asked by Laura Richter· 12d ago
