Fraud drama for Hollywood star: French loses 830,000 euros to Scammer!
A serious fraud: a French woman loses 830,000 euros to a supposed Brad Pitt. Police determined.
Fraud drama for Hollywood star: French loses 830,000 euros to Scammer!
The shocking case of a French woman who has lost over 830,000 euros of fraudsters attracts the public's eyes. Anne, 53, believed that she had built up a real relationship with Hollywood star Brad Pitt. Her fraudsters played cleverly with their emotions by first exposed to his mother and then simulated a romantic connection with her. While Anne was on a skiing holiday with her millionaire husband and posted expensive vacation pictures on Instagram, fraud began through social media.
The situation escalated when the alleged Brad Pitt - under the pseudonym William Bradley Pitt - made marriage applications and at the same time stated that kidney cancer suffered. In order to support his history, he sent fake pictures from the hospital and previously called for transfers for supposed treatment costs. Anne initially transferred small amounts, but the demands of the fraudsters quickly grew immeasurably. The fraudster cleverly used the weaknesses of Anne, in particular the pressure from her husband, so reports that Editorial network Germany.
The method of the fraudsters
The manipulated emotions led to a total of 830,000 euros to the fraudsters, which repeatedly contacted her under different names and over several chat platforms. According to her statements, the deception came into the light in particular when Anne saw real pictures of Brad Pitt and his new girlfriend in the media, who made her illusion collapse like a house of cards. The police have started investigations, but whether Anne will hold her money back remains questionable how Today.at reported.
Anne is now under treatment for severe depression and has decided to speak publicly about her experience in order to warn other frauds of similar frauds. "I did not think the pictures were faked," she said in an interview. Their case shows the dangers of so -called "love scamming", where fraudsters pretend emotional ties to gain financial advantages. Experts emphasize that these practices are not uncommon and that many people, like Anne, fall into the trap.