Scott Melker, a cryptocurrency trader and investor known as "The Wolf of All Streets", said he learned of scams using his face and name, and that at least one victim had been defrauded of $4 million. On April 23, the cryptocurrency investor said: "I'm very angry." He revealed that a private investigator contacted him to inform him that one of his clients had been defrauded of $4 million by a Nigerian scam ring using his name and face as bait. "They obviously cheated a lot of people," Mr. Melk said, adding: "They also sent him a fake driver's license to prove it was me." They also used his avatar on the X platform as a photo. The scammers used artificial intelligence to generate the fake ID and used a fake email account that looked realistic. "They also made video calls through Zoom and used artificial intelligence to disguise identities," Mr. Melk said. "It was obviously quite sophisticated." He also mentioned that the scammers even forged the accounts of his wife and children to further confirm their identities.
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