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Daniele Venturelli/WireImageA French woman reportedly handed over more than $800,000 to scammers after being tricked into believing she was in love Brad Pitt.
Led to believe that Brad, 61, needed money to pay for kidney treatment, the 53-year-old woman, known as Anne, allegedly told French TV outlet TF1 about her ordeal. (The original interview was removed on Tuesday, January 14, due to the online harassment Anne received, however, French news outlets AFP a BFM TV report the scam, as well as the subsequent cyberbullying.)
Back BFM TVinterior designer Anne recently interviewed on TF1’s Seven to Eightwhere she explained that a person claiming to be Brad’s mother had contacted her in February 2023, Jane Pitt. Anne had been on a ski trip in Tignes, France, and had posted pictures of the trip via Instagram when she was contacted by so-called Jane.
The outlet said that Anne discovered the following day that Jane’s account was “probably linked to the actor,” and that scammers pretended that Brad had told Anne that his “mother talked … a lot about her.”
Brad Pitt’s representative is setting the record straight on the actors’ social media presence after Spanish police arrested five people who allegedly impersonated Pitt online. “It’s terrible that scammers are taking advantage of the strong connection fans have with celebrities,” Pitt publicist Matthew Hiltzik told Us Weekly in a statement on Wednesday, September 25. “And this is important (…)
A relationship quickly developed and Anne, who was allegedly married at the time, received “numerous poems and declarations.” Anne reportedly told TF1, “There are so few men who write this kind of thing to you. I liked the man I was talking to. He knew how to talk to girls, he was always very good.”
AI-generated videos, fake social media and WhatsApp accounts were used by the scammers to carry out the hoax, and alleged examples of these attempts were posted via X and included in BFM TVa report.
Back BFM TVAnne allegedly told TF1, “At first I told myself it was fake, it was ridiculous. But I’m not used to social media and I didn’t really understand what was happening to me.”
As Anne’s trust grew, she sent almost €10,000 to the scammers after telling her that customs tariffs needed to be paid in order to be able to send her gifts.
It is alleged that Anne then informed the criminals that she had divorced her husband and followed up her initial transfer with another totaling just under €775,000 – almost all of her divorce settlement.
The second transfer allegedly occurred as a result of Anne being told that “Pitt” had kidney cancer and needed financial support because his accounts were being frozen while divorce proceedings were ongoing with Pitt’s ex. Angelina Jolie took place
UK newspaper The Times reported that TF1 had deleted the original news article to protect Anne from a “wave of harassment” received online after her story was published.
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Anne has allegedly filed a lawsuit and a police investigation has been launched, according to multiple outlets.
This is not the first time Brad has been criminally impersonated online. The actor’s publisher Matthew Hiltzik say Us Weekly in a statement on September 25, 2024, “It’s terrible that scammers are taking advantage of fans’ strong connection with celebrities,” after Spanish police arrested five people for claiming to act as a traitor.
During the September ordeal, two women were cheated out of at least $350,000.
