A French woman says she was scammed out of her life savings by an AI Brad Pitt.

The 53-year-old woman, named Anne, has revealed that she was scammed out of $850,000 after believing she was in a long-term relationship with the real Hollywood star, per Men’s Journal. The scam began when she was contacted by a scammer claiming to be Pitt’s mother, Jane, who “told me that her son needed someone like me” and her communication lasted more than a year.

“At first I said to myself that it was fake, that it’s ridiculous,” Anne explained on a Sunday episode of Seven to Eight on French TV channel TF1. “But I’m not used to social media and I didn’t really understand what was happening to me.”

Using AI technology to emulate the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actor, the scammers sent personalized photos and messages to the woman,...