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Fraudster, 55, posing as Elon Musk scammed $600K from elderly woman, promising to return $56 million

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e1419554d4f2677bd82aa7335803a4cd" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;200707&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Florida conman who claimed he was billionaire Elon Musk stole &dollar;600&comma;000 from an elderly woman whom he promised millions in return&comma; according to police <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e009ead9070505f93bc6556542aa389d" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;200707&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Jeffrey Moynihan&comma; 55&comma; impersonated the world’s richest man and struck up a friendship with a 74-year-old woman from Texas on Facebook<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f04c453f98289032aedece6eee2e5641" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;200707&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>The pair exchanged messages for months in 2023&comma; then he convinced her to send over &dollar;600&comma;000 as an investment in what he claimed were Musk’s businesses <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0a571fe5dbc449db6c3e47ccef5c8abd" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;200707&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>He promised to deliver &dollar;56 million in return &&num;8211&semi; that promise never materialized<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;10&sol;Jeffrey-Moynihan-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-487692" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Jeffrey Moynihan &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; is accused of claiming he was billionaire&comma; then stole &dollar;600&comma;000 from an elderly woman whom he promised millions in return&period; He pled no contest to charges against him on Thursday<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A Florida conman who claimed he was billionaire Elon Musk bilked over half a million dollars from an elderly woman whom he promised millions in return&comma; according to police&period;<br>Jeffrey Moynihan Jr&period;&comma; impersonated the world’s richest man and struck up a friendship with a 74-year-old woman from Texas on Facebook&comma; cops in Bradenton said&period;<br>After the pair exchanged messages for months in 2023&comma; he convinced her to fork over &dollar;600&comma;000 as an investment in what he claimed were Musk’s businesses&comma; promising &dollar;56 million in return&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;10&sol;Elon-Musk-6&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-487694" style&equals;"width&colon;836px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Jeffrey Moynihan&comma; impersonated the world’s richest man&comma; Elon Musk&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; when he struck up a friendship with a 74-year-old woman from Texas on Facebook&comma; he then bilked her of &dollar;56 million in return<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Moynihan&comma; 55&comma; was arrested in November 2024&comma; by the Bradenton Police Department for allegedly defrauding a woman in Frisco&comma; Texas&comma; while pretending to be Elon Musk<br>Moynihan is accused of targeting the victim through Facebook where he acted as Elon Musk to get her to send him at least &dollar;250&comma;000 in investments that he claimed could give her a return of &dollar;55 million<br>The woman’s husband told police the sum is likely much higher&comma; nearly &dollar;600&comma;000&comma; which was transferred into the Moynihan&&num;8217&semi;s business accounts&comma; Jeff’s Painting and Pressure Washing&comma; LLC<br>The pot-bellied fraudster was arrested&comma; shirtless&comma; at his home in Bradenton last year after the victim&&num;8217&semi;s husband reported the crime to police&period;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nypost&period;com&sol;2025&sol;10&sol;18&sol;us-news&sol;virginia-giuffre-was-left-bloodied-and-beaten-by-prime-minister&sol;"><&sol;a> <br>Florida’s Senior Friendship Centers said this is a classic case of elder fraud that they are working to warn older folks about&period;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nypost&period;com&sol;2025&sol;10&sol;20&sol;us-news&sol;bombshell-nyc-mayoral-poll-shows-trouble-for-zohran-mamdani-in-one-on-race-with-andrew-cuomo&sol;"><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;10&sol;Jeffrey-Moynihan-3&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-487695"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Fraudster Jeffery Moynihan&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was arrested shirtless&comma; for elder fraud&comma; at his home in Bradenton in November&comma; 2024&comma; after the woman’s husband reported the crime to police <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;A lot of times&comma; people that are older may not have such a large social group&comma;” a spokesperson said&period; <br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;And if you’re home alone&comma; you know&comma; for a day or two or whatever&comma; and someone calls you or sends an email&comma; and it’s a very friendly email&comma; it can really trick people&comma;” they added&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;

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