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Old 19-01-2025, 06:02 PM #1
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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?
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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 .
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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 .
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That hag he married after Jen was his downfall

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Him being an alcoholic and abusing his kid was his downfall
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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
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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?
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The woman should've engaged her brain tbh.
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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 .
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Jennifer handled that whole awful situation with such grace as well
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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 Ł200.00 will do. Just send it to this link:

NOT HIS DAUGHTER AND OBVIOUSLY NOT HER BANK ACCCOUNT.

Beware,.
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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.
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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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