French woman lost about 830,000 euros in a scam involving a fake Brad Pitt created with AI
A 53-year-old French woman, identified as Anne, believed she was in a relationship with actor Brad Pitt and transferred nearly 830,000 euros, about 3.045 billion pesos, to people posing as the artist through fake profiles, photographs and videos generated with artificial intelligence. The scam began in February 2023 and lasted about a year and a half. After discovering the fraud she suffered a psychological crisis and was admitted to a psychiatric clinic.
In 40 seconds
- The scam began in February 2023 with a profile claiming to be the actor's mother and later an account posing as Brad Pitt.
- The scammers used AI-generated images and videos, including one of the supposed actor in a hospital bed with kidney cancer, to ask her for money.
- Anne transferred nearly 830,000 euros after divorcing and using part of her settlement and her savings.
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