{"id":210192,"date":"2026-05-07T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/guelph-woman-who-thought-she-spoke-to-youtube-star-mr-beast-lost-14k-in-crypto-scam-police\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T09:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:25:09","slug":"guelph-woman-who-thought-she-spoke-to-youtube-star-mr-beast-lost-14k-in-crypto-scam-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/guelph-woman-who-thought-she-spoke-to-youtube-star-mr-beast-lost-14k-in-crypto-scam-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Guelph woman who thought she spoke to YouTube star Mr. Beast lost $14K in crypto scam: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/kitchener-waterloo\/guelph-woman-cryptocurrency-scam-police-mr-beast-ai-9.7190875\">Guelph woman who thought she spoke to YouTube star Mr. Beast lost $14K in crypto scam: Police<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/kitchener-waterloo\/guelph-woman-cryptocurrency-scam-police-mr-beast-ai-9.7190875\">https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/kitchener-waterloo\/guelph-woman-cryptocurrency-scam-police-mr-beast-ai-9.7190875<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-07 09:22:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cbc.ca\">www.cbc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A woman in Guelph, Ont., lost $14,000 after being scammed through a social media ad that falsely claimed to be endorsed by YouTube creator Mr. Beast.<\/li>\n<li>The scam involved the woman initially paying $250 to join an investment opportunity and then handing over more money as the scam progressed, including a phone call that appeared to come from Mr. Beast.<\/li>\n<li>Police are warning residents to be cautious of any communication that urges immediate action or appears to come from a celebrity, especially as deepfake AI technology is increasingly used to replicate endorsements.<\/li>\n<li>Mr. Beast, real name Jimmy Donaldson, has publicly addressed deepfake AI scams involving his likeness, labeling it as a serious problem.<\/li>\n<li>Victims of this or similar cyber fraud are advised to report incidents to the police and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guelph woman who thought she spoke to YouTube star Mr. Beast lost $14K in crypto&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":210193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/1.7245754,1754099199000\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C110%2C5628%2C3165%29%3BResize%3D620","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210192"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210195,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210192\/revisions\/210195"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}