It’s awful that scammers take advantage of the strong bond between fans and celebrities," says the statement from Brad Pitt’s representatives. View on euronews

After reportedly telling the scammer that she had recently divorced her husband, Anne sent almost all of her €775,000 divorce settlement — about $798,000 — after the fake Pitt said he had developed kidney cancer and needed a loan because his bank accounts were locked as a result of his ongoing divorce proceedings with Angelina Jolie .

Scammers told the woman Pitt needed funds to pay for a kidney treatment, but couldn’t access his bank accounts due to his grueling divorce from Angelina Jolie.

The pair began a back-and-forth based on the poser-Pitt’s assertion that Anne would be a good match for her *checks Google* 61-year-old son. Shortly thereafter, a different account DM’d Anne, introducing themself as none other than the actor.

The interior designer bonded with 'Pitt' as both her and the actor were going through divorces at the same time

A French woman who was conned out of €830,000 (£700,000; $850,000) by scammers posing as actor Brad Pitt has faced a huge wave of mockery, leading French broadcaster TF1 to withdraw a programme about her.

The woman chatted with the AI Pitt for more than a year and sent the scammer money to help with a fake kidney treatment

The scammers used fake, AI-generated photos of the megastar actor that led the French woman to believe she was communicating with the real Brad Pitt.

A French woman reportedly transferred more than $800,000 to scammers after being fooled into believing she was dating Brad Pitt.

A French woman who thought she was in a romantic relationship with Brad Pitt handed over $855,000 to scammers who used an AI version of the actor to dupe her.