Overview
- The victim was first contacted in May 2024 by someone presenting as Brad Pitt’s manager after viewing the actor’s official Instagram.
- Over nearly a year, the impersonator professed love, signed messages as “Pitt,” and sent flowers to build credibility.
- She wired $50,000 in two transfers to facilitate a supposed meeting, then paid two additional $10,000 sums for alleged medical fees.
- She traveled to Los Angeles and waited three weeks in a hotel, spending about $20,000 on the trip, without meeting anyone.
- After recognizing similarities to a French case that cost another victim more than €800,000, she filed a police complaint and hired a private detective who suspects Nigerian brouteurs, with no recovery of funds announced.