A neighbor of the Spanish city of Granada (south) has reported to the judge that a person posing as American actor Brad Pitt at least cheated on her €170,000 ($186,000) with promises of love that turned out to be false.
The plaintiff’s lawyer, Antonio Estella Aroza, told EFE today that the middle-aged woman, who had asked not to reveal her identity, was contacted early last year with a kind of fan club of the artist through the social network Facebook.
From then on, she exchanged messages with other supposed users, which eventually led to her reaching out directly to the man she believed to be Brad Pitt himself.
In this way the lawyer related: the woman held talks with the alleged fraudster, that he had managed to gain her trust, friendship and even love and forged a relationship “analogous” to that of a couple.
The fake Brad Pitt even promised to come to Spain and record a film together, which he used to ask her for various amounts of money, which she sent him via bank transfer to cover the costs resulting from these plans.
in this span of time, The scammer sent the woman photos of him on red carpets and at movie premieres. and even a photomontage with messages addressed directly to them.
“Honey, I really love you and I promise to repay you well. Honey, I still love you and I’m still here for you,” read one of those handwritten messages in a tax photo montage on a photo of the Hollywood actor.
You suspect that you have been the victim of a scam, since the promises made by the supposed actor were not keptthe woman decided to turn to the judiciary.
Estella Aroza stated that the amount scammed could exceed €170,000 ($186,000), for which she has filed a lawsuit – pending resolution – alleging possible fraud, identity theft and even money laundering.