“It wasn’t love, it was a trap.” The warning sung by the Molejo group since 1996 is gaining importance in Brazil. A 61yearold woman believed she was dating actor Johnny Depp and lost BRL208,400 in a scam.
According to UOL columnist Rogério Gentile, in 2020 the retiree began exchanging messages with the scammer to obtain a fake profile of the actor on Instagram. The resident of Osasco, São Paulo believed that the “celebrity” needed financial help and sent BRL 15,000, BRL 40,400 and BRL 153,000 between November 30, 2020 and December 7, 2020. in the same year.
The putsch was noticed by the pensioner’s son, who questioned the transfers. After what happened, she filed a lawsuit against Banco do Brasil, claiming that the institution allowed the scammer to open a fraudulent account. The text of the lawsuit states that the deposits were made into the account of his “Brazilian lawyer friend”.
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In the lawsuit, the woman reported that the conversations devolved from mundane matters to “a sad story that he needed money to pay for convictions in cases he was implicated in.” At the time, Johnny Depp was responding to a domestic violence lawsuit filed by his exwife Amber Heard, of which he was acquitted in June this year.
The lawyer in charge of the case reported that the scammer promised to take the retiree to the United States. She believed in the “love oath” and claimed to have had plastic surgery and sold a car and house to help the man posing as a dork.
In court, the São Paulo said that in addition to “lack of maintenance and inspection” there was “clear negligence on the part of the bank”. However, Judge Clarissa Alves overseeing the case dismissed the pensioner’s allegations, who can appeal.
In defense, BB argued that the woman made the transfers “of her own free will” and that “the damage was caused not by the bank but by events beyond her control.”
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