French Woman Scammed Out of $850K by Con-Man Posing as ‘Brad Pitt in the Hospital’ With Ai-Generated Images and Chatbot

Legendary American con-man ‘Hungry’ Joe Lewis penned the memorable phrase – often attributed to Circus pioneer P. T. Barnum: ‘There’s a sucker born every minute’.

And while the world has changes in a myriad of ways from the 19th century, Confidence Artists still abound, and use ever more advanced technology to reach into the mind, the heart and pocket of their ‘marks’.

A report today (15) tells of a romance scammer playing the ‘long con’, interacting with the victim during one and...