After reportedly telling the scammer that she had recently divorced her husband, Anne sent almost all of her €775,000 divorce settlement — about $798,000 — after the fake Pitt said he had developed kidney cancer and needed a loan because his bank accounts were locked as a result of his ongoing divorce proceedings with Angelina Jolie .

The real Brad Pitt issues statement after AI fake scams woman who thought she was dating him out of €800,000 - The Hollywood star has responded after a woman in France explained how she was tricked in

Anne parted with nearly £700,000 as the AI scam led her to think she was dating Hollywood legend Brad Pitt, who she believed required the cash for cancer treatment

A french woman was scammed out of over $800K by someone pretending to be Brad Pitt• Scammer DM'd her on Instagram and convinced her with AI-generated videos and edited images• She divorced her husband thinking they would get together• Scammer convinced her his bank… pic.twitter.com/VWD3RtvIO3

Fake photos of Brad Pitt in a hospital bed, strapped to an IV machine, soon followed and the victim was convinced. She eventually transferred 830,000 euros (£697,000) to help with what she believed was cancer treatment for the film star.

Anne, 53, from France, has revealed how she was taken in by a scammer who convinced her that she was communicating with Hollywood actor Brad Pitt and went on to take nearly £700,000 from her

Brad Pitt has urged fans to be vigilant after a scammer allegedly duped a woman out of more than $1 million pretending to be him.

Computer-generated fake of the Fight Club star tricked the victim into thinking he was hospitalised with kidney cancer and Angelina Jolie was blocking access to his fortune

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.