One such case involved a 53-year-old French interior designer who was tricked into paying €830,000 ($855,000) for someone ...

A famous movie star reaches out to you on the internet, and you strike up a whirlwind romance. Unfortunately for one unnamed French woman, that rom-com scenario was nothing more than a long con that ...

Romance scams, where fraudsters lure victims with false promises of love, prey on thousands of people every year. In 2023, victims lost $1.14 billion to romance scams, with the median loss per person ...

A French woman who thought she was in a romantic relationship with Hollywood star Brad Pitt handed over 830,000 ... have either experienced an AI-voice cloning scam or know someone who has.

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 ... another user wrote, "Romance scams are the cruelest." ...

A representative for Brad Pitt is warning the public to ignore unsolicited DMs from supposed celebrities after a romance scammer impersonated the “Fight Club” actor with AI-generated selfies ...

A woman was conned into thinking she was in a relationship with actor Brad Pitt and scammed out of nearly $1 million.

Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson explains how to protect yourself against artificial intelligence-fueled romance scams, which have become the most common type of fraud in 2025.

One of the most recent cautionary tales is about a woman who fell in love with an AI Brad Pitt – little did she know her whirlwind romance would cost her over €800,000. As we've seen with the ...

Action Fraud has revealed that one tactic crooks are using is called romance fraud ... came with the scammers using AI-generated photos of Brad Pitt to convince Anne that he was in hospital ...

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 ...