A French woman recently got conned out of $865,000 by someone impersonating the actor. Think a romance scam won't affect you?

The scammers also sent her multiple AI-generated images of Pitt appearing to be in a hospital bed, and she complied. "At first I said to myself that it was fake, that it's ridiculous," she told TF1.

A woman was conned into thinking she was in a relationship with actor Brad Pitt and scammed out of nearly $1 million.

Pitt doesn’t have any official social media ... worse as she became the victim of cyberbullying. The French station TF1 has since pulled her interview over the online hate she’s received ...

A French woman who thought she was in a romantic relationship with Brad Pitt was conned out of 830,000 euros ($855,000) by ...

Brad Pitt has reacted to the viral story of a 53-year-old French woman who was swindled out of $850,000 by someone pretending to be the actor. The story broke on Sunday on the TF1 show “Sept à huit,” ...

Brad Pitt has warned people to be careful after a catfisher used AI images of the actor to scam a French woman.

"This is an important reminder to not respond to unsolicited online outreach, especially from actors who have no social media presence," Brad Pitt's rep said ...

Her viral story and the AI-generated images of Pitt have taken on a life of their own online, ultimately prompting TF1 to pull the segment. “The story broadcast this Sunday has resulted in a ...

Anne told TF1 she was first targeted on Instagram by someone posing as Pitt’s mother after she shared pictures of herself ...

"Our brains work on emotion, not logic. Logic tells you this could be a scam; emotion makes us fall for it anyway," an expert told Newsweek.

Her story was first shared on the French TV program “Seven to Eight” on TF1. The scam began in 2023, when Anne started using Instagram and was contacted by a person claiming to be Brad Pitt ...