The Famous They accumulate a huge number of followers on their social networks, as many want to be aware of their news in their different fields. Footballers, actors, celebrities in general share with their followers the news in their lives, even in the private sphere, and even the most active They interact with their followers. However, when one writes a private message to one of those idols, what is least expected is that these answer them…. and even more than ask them for money.
This is the case of Katy -a false name-, a woman from Barcelona that, after writing a few words to Keanu Reeves on TikTok, he found that the actor answered him and, with good words, asked him 5,000 euros to buy a computer. What happened next is that this supposed Keanu Reeves continued asking him for money, until reaching a figure of 700,000 euros sent. But the truth is that, behind these requests, there was not the well-known actor, but another person who was using the image and voice of the same, generated with AI, to scam her. “He asked me for money to come here, 60,000 euros private jet, then he asked me for 5,000 euros for a special computer for him to create his scripts, John Wick 5 and to invest Bitcoin. I had given him 450,000 and my money never came“Katy told On everyone’s lips in Four.
The truth is that cases like this woman’s abound in the digital world, where scammers take advantage of users’ weaknesses and all the technological resources at their disposal. Another woman in GranadaFor example, he believed that he was not only talking to the real Brad Pitt but also have a romantic relationship with the famous actor.
He asked him for money, until reaching a sum of 170,000 euros, with things like for example being able to get a flight to meet in Spain. “When she agrees to the scammer’s requests, but he does nothing to see her, start to suspect. He told him that I would come to Spain to record a movie, for which he asked him for money. However, alarm bells go off when here no one comes“No film is recorded,” he said. his lawyer to Spanish Television.
Another very famous case of love scam was that of a Galician woman who was the victim of someone who was impersonating Luo Yunxi, a famous actor from China who began writing to him through his official account, or at least that’s what it seemed like. They started a conversation that went further and one day asked him to come to China so that they knew each other: “The answer was yes. I was willing to go to China with him and leave my family, my husband and my children”. In that case there was no money that was lost, although the woman explained in an interview with La Voz de Galicia that the emotional consequences had been truly terrible. “I’m still having a hard time, I fell in love with a person who doesn’t exist. I have cried and continue to cry a lot. Myself I think I’m crazy, but that’s how it is. I know that what I experienced is not real, but for me it was”.
Men have also fallen into this type of deception. A young Vigo with an intellectual disability began receiving messages from someone who he pretended to be Scarlett Johansson, with whom he began a romantic relationship, but over time he also began to make financial requests. In the end, the young man even convinced his own mother so they could sell the houseand the money lost before they realized the deception reached 90,000 euros.
Finally, it should be noted that these types of scams do not always have to include personal contact. In fact, it is increasingly common to find scammers whose technique consists of using the face and voice of celebrities to simply make videos announcing a new project in which it is necessary to invest money. Leo MessiTaylor Swift, Antonio Resines, Mr. Beast or Tom Hanks are some of the most famous examples. even the face of the king Philip VI It was used to try to sell an application that would give “a lot of money” to the Spanish.
