An Ontario senior has lost more than $15,000 in a fraudulent scheme that employed a “deepfake” of Premier Doug Ford endorsing a mutual fund account.
A man in his 80s was scammed after clicking on a Facebook advertisement that appeared to feature Ontario’s premier promoting a mutual fund account, Guelph police said in a June 24 press release. The man reported the fraud on June 23.
“This opened a chat, through which the man was convinced to ‘invest’ more than $15,000 over the next week through e-transfers and credit card payments,” police said in the press release, which urged area residents to be wary of ads asking for money….