The story made the rounds in the media. Sunday January 12, Seven to eight devoted part of his show to the scam of the century. The one who was the victim Anne53 years old and mother. The interior designer fell under the spell of a person who pretended to be on social networks for a year and a half. For him, she ended up leaving her husband and father of her daughter, a millionaire entrepreneur 19 years older than her, but above all, she sent him 830 000 euros when he assured her that he had kidney cancer. The scammer achieved his ends by sending him poems, words of love – even a marriage proposal – as well as doctored photos of the actor and videos generated by AI.
A hoax too big to be believed according to Internet users who did not hesitate to make fun of Anne after the broadcast of Seven to eight on TF1. A cyber-harassment campaign was even launched against the victim, resulting in . Faced with the flood of criticism she suffered, Anne also came out of silence for the media Legend on YouTube. “I’m not crazy or stupid like some people claim on social media. I just wanted to help someone, I was fooled, I admit it, and that’s why I testified.“, she insisted.
And to defend himself: “There were times when I didn’t believe it. I say it every time: ‘this photo is fake!’ I can see very clearly that it’s a photo montage but in the show, all that is not said. I am a sensible woman and If you had been in my place, you would have fallen into the trap. If someone comes and talks to you kindly, says words to you that you’ve never heard from your own husband, well yes, we fall for it. That’s how it happened. But you can’t speak or judge how I fell for this scam“.
Anne, ruined and “roofless”
Anne recalls that this story also cost her a lot. “I no longer have a roof over my head, my life is a 6 m2 box with a few boxes inside. This is what’s left of my life…“, she lamented. “Today, I’m angry because in this report, we only remember one thing, which is: ‘Anne is in love with a fake Brad Pitt’ and that’s not the story at all. On this, ladies and gentlemen, I say goodbye and see you very soon because we will see each other again very soon“, she assured to conclude.
In this video, it is also Marwan who testifies. A former hacker, he now works to help victims of online scammers – also called grazers. And according to him, the fake Brad Pitt who managed to have Anne has been found. “In Anne’s case, we found her grazers in Nigeria (…) We managed to obtain full access to the scammer’s device by sending him a booby-trapped link which he clicked on. We discover that this guy, in addition to pretending to be Brad Pitt, is pretending to be Keanu Reeves! (…) He will be arrested normally in the coming dayswe have great hope that she will be able to recover her money, perhaps not in full but in my opinion, a good part”he reported.
