Woman scammed for $800,000 by Brad Pitt impersonator
A French woman named Anne recently made headlines after being scammed for a whopping $800,000 by an individual posing as famous American actor, Brad Pitt through a series of photos claiming that he has cancer and requires financial aid for treatment.
The scammer allegedly used AI-generated images to convince the French woman that he was undergoing treatment in a hospital. Moreover, the photos incorporated Bradd Pitt in different scenarios including holding a sign with “Ann I love you” written on it and even the American actor undergoing surgery.
As news about the issue at hand swarmed social media platforms, Many internet users were shocked that the victim didn’t realize she was being scammed sooner, especially given the nature of the photos involved. One social media user wrote, “There’s no way she didn’t catch up on this… The pictures look fake af…”
Woman scammed for $800,000 by Brad Pitt impersonator
Another added, “The simple logic is why would a Brad Pitt ask for $830k from her? Bro is so damn rich he can buy her entire family with one call.”
On the contrary, one social media user jokingly wrote, “Being in a relationship with Brad Pitt has never been good for anyone.” in reference to his past relationship with Angelina Jolie.
According to French channel TF1, it all started when an Instagram account posing as Pitt’s mother messaged Ann on Instagram and shared photos of a ski trip to Tignes, France. The victim did claim to have had suspicions at first but became at ease after another account posing as Brad Pitt sent her messages and AI-generated images the next day.
Ann told TF1 that she’d been going through a difficult phase with her millionaire husband at the time and that exchanging romantic messages, images, and poems with the scammer eased the ongoing issues.
Reports claim, that she divorced her husband to be with the impersonator.
As messages went by, the scammer proposed to Anne and claimed that they would overwhelm her with gifts, but as time went by, their bizarre requests for money only grew summing up to approximately €1 million, which was all paid by Ann.
Ann only realized that her interaction with the scammer was fake, when Brad Pitt appeared on television with a new girlfriend. She’s currently undergoing treatment due to suffering from severe depression at a clinic while police investigate the identity of the scammer.
