A self-proclaimed "wine trader" enticed her on the internet for several months with his captivating grin and text messages filled with emojis. He then executed his plan, swindling the tech professional based in Philadelphia out of $450,000 in a cryptocurrency love scam. This scam, which reportedly left Shreya Datta, 37, bereft of her savings and retirement funds and burdened with debt, employed digitally manipulated deepfake videos and an intricately designed script that made her feel as if her "brain was hacked."