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Old 19-01-2025, 06:02 PM #1
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Did anyone see the French woman who thought she was going out with Brad Pitt for over a year and lost all her life savings to him?
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Did anyone see the French woman who thought she was going out with Brad Pitt for over a year and lost all her life savings to him?
Is that the one where they're pretending Brad Pitt is in hospital with an illness or something? ,I saw it pop up on my YouTube feed ....but I haven't watched it yet .
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Is that the one where they're pretending Brad Pitt is in hospital with an illness or something? ,I saw it pop up on my YouTube feed ....but I haven't watched it yet .
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Yeah I think that was it, she said she checked the image and it wasn't on Google so felt reassured but it's just an AI thing. She's become a real figure of fun over it but I feel awful for her
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Yeah I think that was it, she said she checked the image and it wasn't on Google so felt reassured but it's just an AI thing. She's become a real figure of fun over it but I feel awful for her
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She what?
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It’s the one with him having an operation that kills me
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That hag he married after Jen was his downfall

Get well soon Bradley
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Shhhh it’s not the man’s fault. It’s the woman.
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Also, no responsibility at all on him for cheating on his then wife Jen with that "hag"
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Also, no responsibility at all on him for cheating on his then wife Jen with that "hag"
I said SHHHHHHHH
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Also, no responsibility at all on him for cheating on his then wife Jen with that "hag"
I've never been a fan of his , in the words of Jennifer Aniston herself " it's not cool" what Brad & Angelina did to her. I don't rate his acting either .
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i've not been fooled to date as far as i know, but really, as scammers get better and better, who knows when you will become vulnerable. With big tech collecting information on you from every conceivable avenue, they build a profile of your vulnerabilities and at that point, it's only a matter of time until they get you
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But my brother got a text from someone pretending to be his daughter.

The text said: 'Hey dad, I've lost my purse. But need to go to the supermarket to buy my weekly shop. About £200.00 will do. Just send it to this link:

NOT HIS DAUGHTER AND OBVIOUSLY NOT HER BANK ACCCOUNT.

Beware,.
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I've had a couple of emails in the past from scammers pretending to be someone in my contacts saying they're abroad and in trouble, sick or arrested or something, and need money. Obvious scams.
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You’ll be sorry. I could have been your international prince and you could have shared my wealth if you’d helped me transfer it to your account.
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