A French woman says she was scammed out of her life savings by an AI Brad Pitt. The 53-year-old woman, named Anne, revealed that she was scammed out of $850,000 after believing she was in a long-term relationship with the real Hollywood star. The scam began when she was contacted by a scammer claiming to be Pitt's mother, Jane, who "told me that her son needed someone like me" and her communication lasted more than a year.
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00:00A French woman says she was scammed out of her life savings by an AI Brad Pitt.
00:05The 53-year-old woman named Anne revealed that she was scammed out of $850,000
00:10after believing she was in a long-term relationship with the real Hollywood star.
00:14The scam began when she was contacted by a scammer claiming to be Pitt's mother who
00:19told me that her son needed someone like me. Her communication lasted more than a year.
00:24Anne explained on a French television network,
00:26At first I said to myself that it was fake, that it's ridiculous, but I'm not used to social media
00:31and I didn't really understand what was happening to me."
00:33Using AI technology to emulate the once-upon-a-time-in-Hollywood actor,
00:37the scammer sent personalized photos and messages to the woman, leading her to believe the hoax.
00:42They later coerced her into sending over nearly $1 million for a kidney treatment.
00:47They pretended that Pitt was unable to access his bank accounts
00:50due to his high-profile divorce from Angelina Jolie.
00:53Since the Sunday segment aired, the story has gone viral,
00:56igniting a plethora of cyberbullying toward the victim, leading the French network TF1,
01:01who aired the segment, to withdraw the broadcast from its platforms.
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