Brad Pitt‘s group has issued an announcement after a fan was catfished and scammed out of $850,000 by somebody utilizing Pitt’s photographs.
What did Brad Pitt’s group say in regards to the rip-off?
In an announcement despatched out on the matter, Pitt’s spokesperson mentioned that it was “terrible” that scammers will try to do that in in the present day’s day and age and urged anybody who is likely to be a fan of any celeb to not reply to any unsolicited messages they obtain on-line.
“It’s terrible that scammers reap the benefits of followers’ robust reference to celebrities, however this is a vital reminder to not reply to unsolicited on-line outreach, particularly from actors who don’t have any social media presence,” the assertion learn.
The information of the catfish and subsequent rip-off went viral on the web over the previous week, with the 53-year-old French lady named Anne revealing to Males’s Journal that she was reached out to by somebody alleging to be Brad Pitt and utilizing AI and photoshopped pictures of Pitt to “show” to her that it was the actor.
The photographs portraying Pitt in what seemed to be a hospital setting went viral on social media. One showcased Pitt being concerned in surgical procedure as effectively.
The girl was satisfied by the false Pitt to ship cash to the particular person after claiming that he was unable to entry his financial institution accounts resulting from his divorce from Angelina Jolie. All instructed, the girl despatched over $850,000 to the pretend Pitt and didn’t understand that the particular person was not Pitt till she noticed precise photographs of him out along with his girlfriend, Ines de Ramon.
“At first I mentioned to myself that it was pretend, that it’s ridiculous,” Anne mentioned in an interview with Males’s Journal. “However I’m not used to social media and I didn’t actually perceive what was taking place to me. I ask myself why they selected me to do such hurt like this? I’ve by no means harmed anybody. These folks deserve hell.”
