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AI Brad Pitt dupes French woman out of €830k

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Re: AI Brad Pitt dupes French woman out of €830k

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Post by fkyoureadthedoc »

ternnoburn wrote: post #18
moi2388 wrote: post #4

“She has since told a popular French YouTube show that she was not "crazy or a moron" She might indeed not be crazy..

Nor a moron. Solitary people who are groomed and love bombed aren't idiots, they are victims. Abuse of this type works so often because people have weakened defenses due to other events in their life. We're hard wired as a species to value social cohesion and social approvals.

> Anne's daughter, now 22, told TF1 she tried to "get her mother to see reason" for over a year but that her mother was too excited. "It hurt to see how naive she was being," she said.

At least a little bit moron, also was married while this was ongoing

Re: AI Brad Pitt dupes French woman out of €830k

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Post by ttoinou »

jokethrowaway wrote: post #19
cowmix wrote: post #2

It is always shocking to me that someone with those kinds of resources can get duped like that -- with little checks and balances.

She didn't earn that money. The bigger scam was acted against the wealthy entrepreneur who saw a big chunk of his money going to his ex-wife. Divorce laws are ridiculous, you are better off not getting married and using a surrogate mother.

To be fair there are different ways to get married in france and some contracts allow for separation of wealth, sort of

Re: AI Brad Pitt dupes French woman out of €830k

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Post by johndevor »

paul7986 wrote: post #39
Gualdrapo wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't see how that validates the response of the public mocking and harassing them.

Unfortunately for her the mocking is to teach other fools not to be one!

Some people are the shipwrecks on the rocks that help others navigate.

Re: AI Brad Pitt dupes French woman out of €830k

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Post by ternnoburn »

fkyoureadthedoc wrote: post #41
ternnoburn wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nor a moron. Solitary people who are groomed and love bombed aren't idiots, they are victims. Abuse of this type works so often because people have weakened defenses due to other events in their life. We're hard wired as a species to value social cohesion and social approvals.

> Anne's daughter, now 22, told TF1 she tried to "get her mother to see reason" for over a year but that her mother was too excited. "It hurt to see how naive she was being," she said. At least a little bit moron, also was married while this was ongoing

I don't think you realize just how extensively abuse can break your brain.

Edit: I'm talking about emotional and psychological abuse. Separating you from people who care for you, gaslighting you, building dependency, etc are all scamming tactics that are absolutely psychological and emotional abuse.

Re: AI Brad Pitt dupes French woman out of €830k

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Post by locallost »

seydor wrote: post #20
neilv wrote: post #6

Summary: First, criminals preying upon someone apparently vulnerable (after cancer, divorce, and who knows what else). Then, as if that wasn't more than enough for one person, a bunch of Internet people, and even some brand marketers, publicly mocking and harassing the victim.

She was paying for his divorce with jolie. She got 770k euros from her own divorce. Not exactly a poor person A fool and her money are easily parted. You can have sympathy for her while admitting that she s a fool. Not even the first or second one. Moral of the story is "don't be a fool" because there is no chance that scammers will disappeared

Everyone is a fool in some aspect of life. This person was bad with money and fraud, but maybe she is or was an extremely talented artist. Maybe you understand money and fraud, but are otherwise talentless. Neither of you are fools.

Re: AI Brad Pitt dupes French woman out of €830k

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Post by poisonborz »

spiderfarmer wrote: post #7
cowmix wrote: post #2

It is always shocking to me that someone with those kinds of resources can get duped like that -- with little checks and balances.

My grandpa has a saying that translates to something: "The money bag never hangs in front of the same house for more than three generations". This is just one of the reasons why.

Let's just ignore thousands of European noble families and wealthy industrial tycoon dynasties.

Re: AI Brad Pitt dupes French woman out of €830k

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Post by fkyoureadthedoc »

ternnoburn wrote: post #46
fkyoureadthedoc wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Anne's daughter, now 22, told TF1 she tried to "get her mother to see reason" for over a year but that her mother was too excited. "It hurt to see how naive she was being," she said. At least a little bit moron, also was married while this was ongoing

I don't think you realize just how extensively abuse can break your brain. Edit: I'm talking about emotional and psychological abuse. Separating you from people who care for you, gaslighting you, building dependency, etc are all scamming tactics that are absolutely psychological and emotional abuse.

Abuse by who? Abuse is not mentioned in the article.

Re: AI Brad Pitt dupes French woman out of €830k

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Post by scarmig »

neilv wrote: post #6

Summary: First, criminals preying upon someone apparently vulnerable (after cancer, divorce, and who knows what else). Then, as if that wasn't more than enough for one person, a bunch of Internet people, and even some brand marketers, publicly mocking and harassing the victim.

Your timeline there is a bit off.

When she met this Brad Pitt, she was still married. She started sending money to him; got divorced; got a settlement of €775,000; and proceeded to give all of that as well to Brad Pitt.

Still worthy of sympathy, but no one would question mockery of a married man who started chatting with a fake Angelina Jolie on social media, started sending her money, got divorced, and then gave the rest of his assets to her.

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