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French woman deepfake (Jan 2025)
A French woman was scammed out of $850,000 by a romance scammer who used AI-generated images of Brad Pitt. The scammer initially posed as Pitt's mother before contacting the victim via Facebook messenger and text,…
- Incident date
- Jan 2025
- Target
- French woman
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
A French woman was scammed out of $850,000 by a romance scammer who used AI-generated images of Brad Pitt. The scammer initially posed as Pitt's mother before contacting the victim via Facebook messenger and text, eventually convincing her to divorce her husband. The scammer, posing as Pitt, requested money, citing financial woes and cancer treatment, using AI-manipulated images to support their claims.