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Brad Pitt online romance fraud shows how victims are influenced by complex psychological factors

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par Annie Lecompte, Associate professor, Département des sciences comptables, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

The story of an extraordinary romance fraud is making global headlines as its victim is mocked around the world for her naïveté.

The story of Anne, a French woman in her 50s, was recently broadcast on the French TV channel TFI. Anne explained how she ended up paying 830,000 Euros ($1.2 million) to swindlers posing as a sickly Brad Pitt, who was supposedly in love with her. The scammers sent fake selfies generated by artificial intelligence.

Anne was ruined…

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