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Helen Mirren Warns Fans of Scammers Claiming to Be Her and Offering 'Large Sum of Money': 'This Is Not Me'

Helen Mirren took to Instagram on Tuesday, June 24, to warn her followers and fans that people are using her name in apparent attempts to get money

Helen Mirren took to Instagram to warn fans that people are using her name in apparent scam attempts from the e-mail address helenmirrencharity@gmail.com"THIS IS NOT ME and it is not my email address, please beware and do not respond, this is a scam," the Oscar winner wrote Other celebrities like Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock and Johnny Depp have been impersonated by scammers online in recent months On Tuesday, June 24, Mirren shared a post on Instagram in which she wrote that people "have used my name to front a false charity, which is sending out messages from me." Also in January, a number of outlets reported that a French woman was scammed out of $800,000 by someone who posed as Brad Pitt and made her believe he needed help paying for medical care by sending AI-generated images of the actor's face over other men in hospital beds.

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