An Argentinian woman was duped out of £10,000 after scammers used an AI George Clooney to ask her for money.
The unnamed victim was under the impression she was talking to the A-list actor and claimed she spoke to ‘him’ every day for six weeks.
She stumbled across the Facebook account, which claimed to belong to the movie legend, and quickly received a message from who she believed was Clooney asking her if she had a Fans Club card.
The user even sent the woman deepfake videos which made it appear as if the TV star himself was video messaging her.
The fake face of Clooney, who has bagged the title of the world’s most handsome man several times, could be seen in clips blinking and moving his mouth as he spoke, making the conversation feel ultra-realistic.
‘How are you, hope you are okay,’ the AI dupe version of the Hollywood actor said in one clip. ‘Thank you so much for supporting me. I promise to pay everything to you. I love you.’
In another video he expressed concern that the woman’s Fans Club card was not working.
The victim trusted the account because it was reportedly verified.
The unnamed victim was under the impression she was talking to the A-list actor and claimed she spoke to ‘him’ every day for six weeks
The user even sent the woman deepfake videos which made it appear as if the TV star himself was video messaging her
George Clooney attends the 78th Annual Tony Awards Meet The Nominees Press Event at Sofitel New York on May 08, 2025 in New York City
The fake George Clooney told the woman that he was going to separate from his wife and that he needed money to do so.
Speaking to local press, the woman revealed that the Hollywood star had also told her he would help her to get a job as a thank you for her financial aid.
It was then when he asked her to put money onto the card.
She said: ‘He told me that he was going to help me get a job and so asked me for money for the card.
‘Then he would ask for more money to be sent and later, I would need to send more to activate it.’
The woman kept transferring money until she soon realised that she had lost £10,000.
The woman added: ‘I didn’t tell anyone that I received the card – I thought it was true.’
She became suspicious that she had been scammed and eventually made a claim to the FBI.
A similar situation occurred in January of this year when a scammer duped a French woman into paying out hundreds of thousands of pounds after convincing her they were Brad Pitt with reels of AI-generated images.
The 53-year-old victim shelled out £697,000 to help with what she believed was cancer treatment for the film star.
The interior designer told French channel TF1 that the ordeal started when she received a message on social media from someone claiming to be the actor’s mother after sharing photos of her lavish ski trip to Tignes on Instagram.
A day later, she received a second message from an account posing as Brad Pitt, saying his mother had spoken a lot about her already.
The victim, who said she was going through a difficult period with her millionaire husband, said she struck up an unlikely friendship with the account from February 2023
Some of the AI generated photos allegedly sent to the victim circulated on social media – they show a fake Brad Pitt lying in a hospital bed (pictured)
She finally filed a complaint in summer 2024, triggering an investigation
The victim, who said she was going through a difficult period with her millionaire husband, said she struck up an unlikely friendship with the account from February 2023, receiving poems and kind affirmations.
She revealed she did have her suspicions and thought the account was fake at first, but after messaging every day and receiving AI generated photos and videos of the star, she became more at ease.
Soon the blossoming relationship took a turn as the fake Brad Pitt proposed to her and overwhelmed her with the promise of fancy gifts.
The only catch was that she would need to pay customs fees to receive them. This soon added up to £7,570.
When the victim told her ‘friend’ that she was expecting a hefty divorce settlement from her husband, the scammer upped the stakes.
The Brad Pitt account appealed for help in funding urgent kidney cancer treatment, lamenting that they could not access funds due to their ongoing divorce from Angelina Jolie.
The scammer reportedly began sending AI-generated photos of Brad Pitt apparently from the confines of a hospital bed.
The two communicated by text and with photos, but the victim said he was never free for a call – a trope of online scam artists.
Soon after he began sending badly generated images apparently from a hospital bed
The victim started receiving requests for large sums of money having disclosed she was getting a divorce from her wealthy husband
Actor Brad Pitt playing Sonny Hayes in the ‘F1’ movie, December 5, 2024
In sum, she parted with nearly one million euros over the course of the relationship until her suspicions were roused by seeing the actor with his new girlfriend, Ines de Ramon, in the press.
The victim went to the authorities with the story, who launched an investigation.
It was unclear whether she had been able to recoup any of her money nearly two years since the relationship started.
Police concluded that the criminals were three Nigerian citizens.
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