Brad Pitt reacts to ‘awful’ scammers who fooled French woman using his pictures
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Anne, 53, was scammed out of hundreds of thousands after believing she was in a long-term relationship with the actor. A spokesperson for Brad Pitt has addressed the viral story about a French woman who believed she was in a long-term relationship with the actor and was scammed out of €830,000 ($854,940, £700,000) by someone posing as him.
“It’s awful that scammers take advantage of the strong bond between fans and celebrities,” the spokesperson said in a statement obtained by E! News. “But this is an important reminder not to respond to unsolicited online outreach, especially from actors who have no social media presence.”.
The story first emerged on Sunday on the French news program Seven to Eight on the TF1 channel. The woman, a 53-year-old interior designer who identified herself as Anne, appeared on the show, and shared that she had believed that she was in an online relationship with Pitt for more than a year, and even expressed that she thought they were in love.
The relationship reportedly began in February 2023 when Anne, who was married to a wealthy entrepreneur, received a message from someone posing as Pitt’s mother, which later led to another account contacting Anne, this time claiming to be the actor himself.
They communicated for over a year and a half, Anne said. The impersonator used fake social media profiles, WhatsApp accounts, and used AI-generated images to produce pictures that looked like selfies of Pitt and even an apparent copy of Pitt’s passport.
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