A swindler from Florida spectacularly deceived an old lady by posing as Elon Musk (3 photos)

If you think that scammers extort money from us only, you are deeply mistaken. This phenomenon is international, as is human stupidity.





It would seem to be the most ordinary story, a scoundrel brainwashed a local granny and tricked her into transferring a decent amount of money to his account. There is nothing interesting in this, if not for one thing.

56-year-old Jeffrey Arthur Moynihan Jr. from Florida decided to make some money on a gullible 74-year-old granny from Texas. Since last year, he found her email address online, introduced himself as technology billionaire Elon Musk, and began actively corresponding with her. It got to the point where the pseudo-Elon would tell her how his day had gone, consult with his girlfriend on various corporate matters, and discuss how to properly launch rockets to Mars.



One face, and you can't tell them apart...

The granny was thrilled by such a friendship with a celebrity, and it didn't even occur to her that there was a catch somewhere when the billionaire offered her to invest $250 thousand in his business, promising that after some time she would receive $55 million.

She transferred once, transferred twice, then the old lady's husband realized that their account was emptying too quickly and contacted the police. During the investigation, it turned out that the fake Musk had scammed the pensioner for $600,000. The guy didn't really hide his accounts, to which the old lady transferred the money.



Here, during the next transfer, they took him by the white arms. As expected, he didn't look much like Musk. According to him, he himself fell victim to a scam by a certain girl, whom he also met on the Internet. He managed to transfer $250,000 to her.

The conclusion suggests itself - all evil is because of women. Only cats should be allowed on the Internet.