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EAST TAWAS, Mich. ( InvestigateTV ) — An 84-year-old TikTok creator who built a following by sharing daily jokes has become the unwitting face of multiple online scams. These scams use artificial intelligence to steal his likeness and voice to sell products under false charitable pretenses.

Charles Ray, who has amassed more than 15,000 followers and 150,000 likes in less than a year on TikTok, discovered scammers were

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