A French woman recently got conned out of $865,000 by someone impersonating the actor. Think a romance scam won't affect you? Think again.
Image posted by The Oscar Race on X shows AI imagery used to scam a 53-year-old woman into thinking she was dating Brad Pitt. According to reports, she was scammed into giving up $850,000.
As the story gains traction on social media platforms, the focus has turned to how the scammers could pull off such an elaborate scheme using AI.
A happily-ever-after with someone a woman believed was Hollywood hunk Brad Pitt quickly ... makes these scams particularly dangerous is their multilayered approach," Marva Bailer, AI expert ...
A French woman who thought she was in a romantic relationship with Hollywood star Brad ... Pitt handed over 830,000 euros ($855,000) to scammers as part of an elaborate, year-long con that ...
Brad Pitt is warning fans against scammers after an impersonator convinced ... with the impersonator claiming he was hospitalized. False AI-generated images of the actor showed him expressing ...
AI tools can be used to generate convincing text, images and even live video, enabling ever smarter and more targeted scams.
A representative for Brad ... to be Pitt’s mother and wanting to introduce Anne to her son. Anne was then duped for more than a year by fake social media profiles and convincing AI-generated ...
Most people hear these stories and think that ‘I would never be gullible’ - but the fact is that we actually often tend to ...