The woman said she had believed she was in a romantic relationship with the Hollywood star, leading her to divorce her husband and transfer $850,000.

The Oscar-winner released a statement after the French woman's story -- and the AI-generated images of Pitt used to scam her -- went viral.

The victim — a 53-year-old interior designer named Anne — told the French TV show “Seven to Eight” on Sunday that someone pretending to be the actor’s mom, Jane Etta Pitt, got in touch with her first, the Daily Beast reported.

Brad Pitt fans are being cautioned about online scammers after a shocking case involving a French woman who was defrauded of $850,000 and left her husband, believing she was romantically involved with the Hollywood star.

The woman realized she was not dating Brad Pitt after she saw pictures of him with his current girlfriend online.

Love and deception cost a French woman €830,000 in a devastating celebrity impersonation scam. She was brave enough to share the details.

A French women was duped out of $855,000 by an AI-generated Brad Pitt. Now, the actor is warning fans not to respond to unsolicited online outreach.

Brad Pitt fans are being warned about scammers after a French woman purportedly lost $850,000 — and her marriage — after falling prey to AI images and fake messages impersonating the actor.

Fraudsters have scammed a French woman out of €830,000 by making her believe she was dating Brad Pitt. The victim has faced an onslaught of online harassment – revealing quite to what extent empathy and human decency is in short supply when it comes to people falling for AI scams.

The scammer who posed as Brad Pitt to obtain €830,000 (£697,000) from a French woman has reportedly been identified and they may not have acted alone. The victim, named Anne, was fooled into sending money to the individual (s), pretending to be the Fight Club star, 61.

Anne, 53, was subject to nationwide ridicule after a TV show revealed how she paid out huge sums to romance scammers pretending to be Brad Pitt.