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Kate! 19-01-2025 05:02 PM

Has anyone ever impersonated someone and tried to scam you?
 
Curious?

MTVN 19-01-2025 06:38 PM

Nothing apart from the usual spam email attempts

Did anyone see the French woman who thought she was going out with Brad Pitt for over a year and lost all her life savings to him?

GoldHeart 19-01-2025 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 11600837)
Nothing apart from the usual spam email attempts

Did anyone see the French woman who thought she was going out with Brad Pitt for over a year and lost all her life savings to him?

Is that the one where they're pretending Brad Pitt is in hospital with an illness or something? ,I saw it pop up on my YouTube feed ....but I haven't watched it yet .

Benjamin 19-01-2025 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 11600837)
Nothing apart from the usual spam email attempts

Did anyone see the French woman who thought she was going out with Brad Pitt for over a year and lost all her life savings to him?

https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.dig...MLMQH077MwrDcA

Niamh. 19-01-2025 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Benjamin (Post 11600841)

:laugh2:

UserSince2005 19-01-2025 06:58 PM

I’ve had so many people steal my pics and use them on tinder and Grindr to scam other people

Crimson Dynamo 19-01-2025 07:05 PM

Mike Yarwood in 84

Bastard

Glenn. 19-01-2025 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UserSince2005 (Post 11600855)
I’ve had so many people steal my pics and use them on tinder and Grindr to scam other people

Same

MTVN 19-01-2025 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoldHeart (Post 11600839)
Is that the one where they're pretending Brad Pitt is in hospital with an illness or something? ,I saw it pop up on my YouTube feed ....but I haven't watched it yet .

Quote:

Originally Posted by Benjamin (Post 11600841)

Yeah I think that was it, she said she checked the image and it wasn't on Google so felt reassured but it's just an AI thing. She's become a real figure of fun over it but I feel awful for her

Glenn. 19-01-2025 07:12 PM

It’s the one with him having an operation that kills me

Crimson Dynamo 19-01-2025 07:14 PM

That hag he married after Jen was his downfall

Get well soon Bradley

Niamh. 19-01-2025 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo (Post 11600865)
That hag he married after Jen was his downfall

Get well soon Bradley

Him being an alcoholic and abusing his kid was his downfall

Glenn. 19-01-2025 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 11600871)
Him being an alcoholic and abusing his kid was his downfall

Shhhh it’s not the man’s fault. It’s the woman.

Niamh. 19-01-2025 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glenn. (Post 11600876)
Shhhh it’s not the man’s fault. It’s the woman.

Also, no responsibility at all on him for cheating on his then wife Jen with that "hag"

Glenn. 19-01-2025 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 11600879)
Also, no responsibility at all on him for cheating on his then wife Jen with that "hag"

I said SHHHHHHHH

Niamh. 19-01-2025 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glenn. (Post 11600881)
I said SHHHHHHHH

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bots 19-01-2025 09:18 PM

i've not been fooled to date as far as i know, but really, as scammers get better and better, who knows when you will become vulnerable. With big tech collecting information on you from every conceivable avenue, they build a profile of your vulnerabilities and at that point, it's only a matter of time until they get you

Mystic Mock 19-01-2025 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 11600837)
Nothing apart from the usual spam email attempts

Did anyone see the French woman who thought she was going out with Brad Pitt for over a year and lost all her life savings to him?

She what?:shocked:

Mystic Mock 19-01-2025 09:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 11600862)
Yeah I think that was it, she said she checked the image and it wasn't on Google so felt reassured but it's just an AI thing. She's become a real figure of fun over it but I feel awful for her

The woman should've engaged her brain tbh.

GoldHeart 19-01-2025 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 11600879)
Also, no responsibility at all on him for cheating on his then wife Jen with that "hag"

I've never been a fan of his , in the words of Jennifer Aniston herself " it's not cool" what Brad & Angelina did to her. I don't rate his acting either :idc: .

Niamh. 20-01-2025 06:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoldHeart (Post 11600897)
I've never been a fan of his , in the words of Jennifer Aniston herself " it's not cool" what Brad & Angelina did to her. I don't rate his acting either :idc: .

Jennifer handled that whole awful situation with such grace as well

Gusto Brunt 20-01-2025 06:43 AM

NO.

But my brother got a text from someone pretending to be his daughter.

The text said: 'Hey dad, I've lost my purse. But need to go to the supermarket to buy my weekly shop. About £200.00 will do. Just send it to this link:

NOT HIS DAUGHTER AND OBVIOUSLY NOT HER BANK ACCCOUNT.

Beware,.

Vanessa 20-01-2025 10:19 AM

Who spends 200 pounds on their weekly shop? D:

Livia 20-01-2025 10:31 AM

I've had a couple of emails in the past from scammers pretending to be someone in my contacts saying they're abroad and in trouble, sick or arrested or something, and need money. Obvious scams.

Niamh. 20-01-2025 10:33 AM

Yeah I've gotten the Hi Mom and dad, I lost my phone, click this link to message me numerous times, clearly scams though


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