Brad Pitt's rep addressed a French woman's story of being conned into an online relationship with a scammer posing as the Oscar winner, who allegedly swindled her out of $850,000.

AI scammers who posed as Brad Pitt to trick a woman into sending them nearly £700,000 are now posing as another film star.

Brad Pitt has urged fans to be vigilant about catfishing after a scammer allegedly stole thousands of dollars pretending to be him. The Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood actor has responded after a 53-year-old woman who identified herself as Anne has claimed she was tricked into believing she was in a romantic relationship with the Hollywood star,

The scammers used fake, AI-generated photos of the megastar actor that led the French woman to believe she was communicating with the real Brad Pitt.

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

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,

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.