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French Woman Faces Cyberbullying After Forking Over $850,000 to AI Brad Pitt

Rolling Stone
Story by Kalia Richardson
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A French woman is scammed out of $850K by an AI impersonating Brad Pitt's mother in a shocking case of AI-driven cybercrime.
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  • The 53-year-old interior designer, Anne, was told by a scammer posing as Pitt's mother that the actor needed expensive kidney treatment, leading her to fork over the massive sum.
  • Pitt's representatives have confirmed the actor is not in need of any medical procedures, raising alarm bells about the growing threat of AI-based fraud targeting vulnerable individuals.
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