Scams involving celebrities or other famous people aren't really new - and are simply a modern take on the "Spanish Prisoner" or "Nigerian Prince" schemes ...

The BBC Breakfast star is the latest celebrity to speak out about having their likeness used in social media scams.

AI tools can be used to generate convincing text, images and even live video, enabling ever smarter and more targeted scams.

Many posters for fake reunion projects are making their way through social media, and Seven is the latest victim. Back in ...

A happily-ever-after with someone a woman believed was Hollywood hunk Brad Pitt quickly turned into ... Anne sent most of her divorce settlement to the fake Pitt. Throughout the treatment, the ...

AI-generated selfies of the 61-year-old actor were sent to the victim via social media as part of a year-long scam to con her ...

She then approached the police and filed a case against the scammer. (Also read: Fake 'Brad Pitt' promises romantic relationship, scams two women of ₹3 crore) Anne was not the first woman to be ...

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.

When she continued to receive messages from the fake account — which included ... was tricked out of $850,000 by scammers posing as Brad Pitt in a romantic scheme that lasted over a year.

A 53-year-old French woman named Anne fell victim to an elaborate online scam, losing over Rs 7 crore (8,00,000 euros) to a ...