TF1 announced the withdrawal of a report devoted to the victim of a fake Brad Pitt, cyberstalked after having sent more than 800,000 euros to scammers.
A victim cyberstalked after being scammed out of almost a million euros. TF1 has decided to remove from the replay of its show “Sept à quatre” on Sunday, a report dedicated to a victim of an online scam.
“The report broadcast this Sunday (January 12, 2025) sparked a wave of harassment against a witness. For the protection of the victims, we decided to remove it from our platforms,” wrote the program presented by Harry Roselmack on his X account.
830,000 euros to a fake Brad Pitt
Filmed in front of the camera, Anne, 53, said she gave nearly 830,000 euros to a scammer, a “grazer”, pretending for months to be the American actor Brad Pitt and with whom she believed she was having an affair without ever seeing him. have seen. The scammer had multiplied fake selfies, videos made with artificial intelligence, falsified identity documents making it appear that he needed money for a kidney cancer operation.
He was thus able to extract nearly 830,000 euros from the victim. Today, Anne has filed a complaint but is currently hospitalized in an establishment specializing in serious depression after three suicide attempts.
In the wake of the report, memes were distributed on the internet making fun of the victim and the Twitter accounts of Netflix or the Toulouse football club published humorous messages linking to the case before deleting and presenting apologies for the TFC. Personalities like Karine Le Marchand and Camille Lellouche have also commented on Anne’s situation.
Brad Pitt informed of Anne’s setbacks
A mishap that makes people react Big Mouths this Wednesday: “She seems very sensible and I can’t understand how we can have this outpouring of nastiness in situations like this,” laments Zohra Bitan. “There are plenty of evil manipulators. For her it’s money she lost, for others it’s a part of their life and I don’t see how we can be mean to these people” , she adds.
“Making fun of a victim, I find that shocking,” says Stéphane Manigold. “But I don’t understand how she was able to send so much money. When you sell your parking lot and your notary makes a transfer to you, your bank calls you to ask you where the funds come from!” “This story worries me on the basis of society. And everyone can be fooled,” concludes farmer Didier Giraud.
On Instagram, Anne today calls into question the responsibility of the journalists who made the report, accusing them of hiding part of the story.
The American actor responded, calling on his fans not to respond to these scams adding that he is not on social networks. “You should not respond to online requests, particularly from actors who do not have a presence on social networks,” said its spokesperson.
Anne is not the first victim of a fake Brad Pitt. In Spain, five people were arrested last September, suspected of having taken 325,000 euros from two “vulnerable” and “depressed” women. And in 2023, she is a fan of the American actor who sent 170,000 euros to a scammer.
