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Woman scammed out of 830,000 euros after believing she was dating Brad Pitt

Imagine dating Hollywood star Brad Pitt. Also imagine that he asks you for money to pay for his cancer treatment after Angelina Jolie froze his funds.

The interior designer told French channel TF1 that the nightmare began in September 2023 when she received a message on Instagram from Jane Etta Pitt, the actor’s mother – or so they claimed. At the time, she was going through a rough patch in her personal life and her relationship with a millionaire entrepreneur, 19 years her senior, was in tatters, newspaper Sud Ouest reported. Anne sent the con artist almost one million euros for the fake cancer treatmentFake photos of Brad Pitt in a hospital bed, strapped to an IV machine, soon followed and the victim was convinced.

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