Woman scammed out of 830,000 euros after believing she was dating Brad Pitt

Woman scammed out of £700,000 after believing she was dating Brad Pitt

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  1. Read a message she received on Instagram was the first mistake.

  3. >Brad Pitt needs money. I should send it.

    This woman deserves to be scammed.

  4. I’m trying so hard to have sympathy for her, but it’s excruciatingly difficult. Like, someone this gullible should not have access to €830,000. Argh. I’ll keep trying.

  7. Brad Pitt is talking to me on instagram and wants cancer treatment money? That sounds completely normal. I better just blindly give him money. There’s no way that can’t be real. Who would lie for money on the internet anyways

  8. Always wondered why such famous celebrities needed money. Wish one would call me, I would have some fun! Like the time a scammer called me to tell me my social security number was cancelled and I told him “great news, no more social security taxes!”

  10. It’s stories like these that make me think it’s a mistake being an honest person. Frankly, if the woman is this dumb, she shouldn’t have access to that much money and it would be better if it was in NY possession and not hers

  12. > He told Anne that his ex-wide Angelina Jolie

    Do publications not proofread any more?

  13. Imagine being the man she divorced to hand over that money.

    You work hard all your life to amass a nice pension in the low seven figures and then your life partner takes half of it and immediately hands it to some loser online.

    The absolute scenes

  14. Older people are super lonely and desperate after decades of having zero companionship.

  17. I worked with an older lady who was married and she was convinced Luke Grimes was dating her. She even lied and said he was in town and having sex with him. She was giving this scammer all of her money. We tried to help her but she would not listen. It was crazy. I stopped telling her it was a scam and dropped it but she wouldn’t quit showing me pictures of him and telling me about him. Fucking weird!

  20. Brad Pitt, worth 400 million dollars, needs money for medical expenses.

    Well, he is American, so that checks out

  22. Thankfully she’s bounced back and is now allegedly dating George Clooney

  25. Ok wait. She’s in FRANCE? And he knows “how to talk to women”? In which language? Does American Brad Pitt have complete command of the French language or was this all in English, in which case, does this woman have native-level English skills?
    I know there’s no point asking questions and that these aren’t the first ones to start with anyway, but omg. So many glaringly obvious pointers to “No of course a multimillion dollar movie star heart throb type is NOT REALLY CONVERSING WITH YOU”.
    I’m actually wondering whether the whole article is fake. Even though I know people do get scammed like this.

  28. This is heartbreaking. People are lonely, and these bastards see that vulnerability and desire to be loved and use it to exploit them. It’s an appalling crime.

  29. I have a coworker who fell for one these scams. She’s an older lady, heavy smoker, missing teeth and oddly shaped after just years of poor health. And one day she had a boyfriend who was gonna come see her soon.

    They had been talking online for months and she helped pay for his tickets to come see her, and on and on and on. He was apparently a mid-twenties Latino bodybuilder/model……

    Like, Jesus, if a guy did this you’d call him a basement dweller and make jokes constantly.

    But no one would tell her she was being scammed. I told her his photos looked really fake, they were clearly ai generated/photoshopped with soft edges on him and focused edges on the rest of the image sort of issues. And she denied it.

    Didn’t believe he was fake until the second time she paid for him to come visit her and he missed that flight too….

    Then she got mad and refuses to discuss it ever again out of, what I presume, is complete embarrassment. Not shame. She’s currently talking to another chatbot she’s in love with. But she’s embarrassed to discuss it too much after the last one never came to see her.

    She’s mental

  30. People confuse me with Brad Pitt all the time, but I’d never monetize their mistake.

  32. She’s so stupid. Thinking she’s dating Brad Pitt while in fact I am dating him. He got out of the hospital by the way and is sending pictures from the rehab. Poor fella still broke though.

  33. Wonder what the underlying issue she has that resulted in her being so duped.

  35. There are absolute idiots in the world still.
    Gonna forward this post to my girlfriend Margot later.

  36. Unless Brad is turning up and dicking you, how on earth do you imagine you are dating?

  37. I don’t understand how this happens with normal people, but I’m cynical as hell. The fact that it happens with “celebrities” is nuts.

    Yeah, Brad Pitt, the guy who got Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie wants you. Sure…

    ETA: if you’re elderly 60s+ or mentally ill then I get it, but otherwise…

  38. While many scammers are easy to spot (many can’t speel); there are some elaborate, more complex scams involving catfishing, ghosting, keylogging, pharming, phishing, ransomeware, etc., that can easily catch you off guard. I’ve seen far too many of these, most involving elderly clients. There are some scams so sophisticated, so carefully thought out and well-executed, you won’t know what hit you until it’s too late. I cringe when I hear people say “I’m too smart for them” or “only an idiot would fall for that.” Trust me, the second you think you’re too smart for a professional, well-seasoned grifter…you’ve already placed yourself at a disadvantage.

    I had a client, a retired financial executive, who lost over $250K. He said he got “taken in” by the scammer’s persistent, almost cult-like tactics. At one point, he was so distraught over their constant threats, he accidentally sent $7K to them at the wrong address. I had another client who overnighted two FedEx envelopes containing $20K in cash to her scammers. While we were able to intercept them at the very last minute, she had previously provided them with $6K in gift-card codes over the phone. She is a retired law firm executive. Both highly intelligent, neither with dementia or mental health issues. Simply victims of a well-crafted ruse.

    By the time I get involved, most of the damage has been done. All that can be done, is stop the bleeding. Sadly, elderly victims are often too ashamed or embarrassed to tell family or friends, or involve the police. I had a client tell me her family would put her in a nursing home if they ever found out she was scammed. She was willing to lose $50K, rather than lose her dignity and independence. Scammers know this, which is why they target the elderly so heavily.

    While it may be awkward, now is the time to broach this topic with parents, grandparents or other vulnerable family members. Here are a few things to make sure they understand:

    1. There are no free $250 gift cards.

    2. The IRS will NEVER call you to confirm your SSN, nor will they threaten to arrest you if you don’t provide them with your CC info.

    3. Never relinquish online control of your computer to the “nice man” from Microsoft, who called to eradicate that nasty “PC virus” you didn’t know you had. On that same note, never leave your computer logged in, or leave your browser open and logged in to your financial institution. Also, “1-2-3-4” or “password” is not really a password.

    4. Sadly, you didn’t win that new Mercedes. Thus, you won’t be required to pay the taxes by CC over the phone, before driving off to impress your friends in your “not” new ride.

    5. Your real granddaughter is not in jail, or in a hospital in Zimbabwe. She does not need $$ for bail or surgery. If she calls saying she does, hang up and call her back at the number you have for her. Guarantee, she won’t have any idea what you’re talking about.

    6. No legitimate entity will ever ask for payment via Apple, Amazon or other giftcards. Never, ever. No one; and I mean no one…not the IRS, not the police, and not that lying virus guru from Microsoft you’d really like your fake granddaughter to meet.

    7. You don’t have any unpaid parking tickets. And if you do, rest assured the police won’t call you and threaten to throw you in jail if you don’t pay them off over the phone via your CC. They’re far too busy doing other, more important things.

    8. Don’t respond to phone calls, texts, emails or websites asking for your personal or financial information, in order to receive a “prize” you didn’t even know you had coming.

    9. Bill Gates is not giving away money; at least, not to you. Also, Disney is not giving away free trips; at least, not to you.

    On a more serious note, nothing angers me more than seeing elderly people being taken advantage of and stripped of their hard-earned retirement income, their dignity, and their sense of security and independence. It’s seriously become an epidemic…

  39. The pictures 🥲 the one with him sitting up in the operation room is killing me

  41. This is exactly the type of story my long-distance girlfriend Hilary Duff would love

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