Authorities in France's La Reunion have launched a probe to identify fraudsters who scammed a woman out of 830,000 euros by making her believe she had an online relationship with Brad Pitt.

A woman revealed that she was scammed into paying nearly $1 million to fraudsters, who claimed to be the ‘Fight Club’ movie star.

A spokesperson for Brad Pitt has responded to viral reports that a 53-year-old French woman was scammed out of $850,000 by online fraudsters who impersonated the Oscar-winner. "It's awful that scammers take advantage of the strong bond between fans and celebrities,

Love and deception cost a French woman €830,000 in a devastating celebrity impersonation scam. She was brave enough to share the details.

Fraudsters have scammed a French woman out of €830,000 by making her believe she was dating Brad Pitt. The victim has faced an onslaught of online harassment – revealing quite to what extent empathy and human decency is in short supply when it comes to people falling for AI scams.

A scammer used AI-generated Brad Pitt images and social media messaging to scam a French woman out of $850,000.

The scammers apparently convinced the woman that “Brad” needed money for cancer treatment by sending her numerous AI-generated images depicting the movie star in the hospital.

Brad Pitt is not on social media, his team reminded fans, after a French woman said she was conned out of $800,000 by scammers posing as the A-list actor.

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