The woman, who goes by the alias Anne, first got in touch with fake Brad Pitt in 2023. After creating an Instagram account to post photos of her skiing trip in the Alps, a woman claiming to be ...

The scammers used generative artificial intelligence to create the fictional persona of Ms Jiao and then convince Mr Liu that ...

“We’re talking about Brad Pitt here and I was stunned,” she said. “At first, I thought it was fake, but I didn’t really understand what was happening to me.” The Independent is the ...

Anne subsequently gave her entire settlement fortune to the fake Brad Pitt, who at the time claimed to have kidney cancer. The fraudster explained that he needed money for surgery, as his accounts ...

Romance scams, where fraudsters lure victims with false promises of love, prey on thousands of people every year. In 2023, ...

The scammers behind the fake identity manipulated Liu into sending a total of 200,000 yuan (around £21,722), claiming the ...

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In fact, many scammers who pose as celebrities find victims from fan pages, as was the case with two of the women conned by a fake Brad Pitt. “As individuals become more immersed in their ...

"If you see a fake account, are friended or messaged by ... appearance at a Lakers game in December. In January 2025, Brad Pitt fans were cautioned about online scammers after a French woman ...

Hollywood star Brad Pitt recently opened SINTEF's conference on digital security. Well, actually, no, he didn't. "I cloned his voice in less than three minutes," says Viggo Tellefsen Wivestad, ...