French Woman Duped on Instagram in Brad Pitt Dating Scam Using AI-Generated Photos and Videos

Digital fraud is on the rise due to advanced techniques and artificial intelligence. A recent case involved a French woman who was tricked out of 80,000 Euros by a man pretending to be Hollywood actor Brad Pitt. The scammer contacted her on Instagram, posing as Pitt, and used AI-generated videos and edited images to convince her of his love.

According to BFM TV, the woman fell victim to this elaborate scam, which also contributed to the end of her marriage. She divorced her husband under the belief that she would be with Brad Pitt.

A french woman was scammed out of over $800K by someone pretending to be Brad Pitt

• Scammer DM'd her on Instagram and convinced her with AI-generated videos and edited images

• She divorced her husband thinking they would get together

• Scammer convinced her his bank… pic.twitter.com/VWD3RtvIO3

— Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave) January 14, 2025

fransa’da milyarder bir iş insanıyla evli olan kadın, bir buçuk yıl boyunca kendisinin brad pitt olduğunu söyleyen biri tarafından 830 bin euro dolandırılmış. kadın hayali brad pitt’in ona attığı photoshoplu fotoğraflara, şiir ve aşk mesajlarına kanmış… pic.twitter.com/Jnz0t6YPOB

— orkun (@orkunelmacigil) January 13, 2025

Big story in French news today: A 53-year-old woman was scammed out of €830,000 by someone posing as Brad Pitt who said he was in love with her. She divorced her husband, gave her settlement to the scammer and realized it was fake when she saw Brad with his new gf in the news pic.twitter.com/zloVy3WAJS

— Louis Pisano (@LouisPisano) January 13, 2025

The fraudster further manipulated her by claiming that his bank accounts were frozen due to his divorce from Angelina Jolie and that he needed money for kidney surgery. She only realized she had been deceived when she saw Brad Pitt in the news with a new girlfriend.