A hapless woman was scammed out of £10,000 by a fake George Clooney created with AI.
The unnamed victim believed she was talking to the actor and spoke to ‘him’ every day for six weeks.
She discovered the account, which claimed to be the actor’s, through a Facebook page.
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After she engaged with the account, the woman received a message asking her if she had a Fans Club card.
He even sent her deepfake videos which made her feel like the Hollywood star was speaking to her.
The fake face of Clooney was clear to see and his mouth moved to make it seem like he was talking.
“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 verified, as reported by Need To Know.
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.
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.”
She 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 53-year-old interior designer, Anne, was scammed by a fake Brad Pitt.
She lost a total of £698,677, according to reports.
The scammer sent AI-generated images to Anne and made it look like he was lying in a hospital bed.
Anne was told that he was sick with cancer, and that he needed money so that he could divorce Angelina Jolie.
Police concluded that the criminals were three Nigerian citizens.
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