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Gotta say, choosing Brad Pitt as your catfishing alter ego is impressively ambitious. I know I shouldn't be, but I am still surprised it worked.
I suppose that, as long as they never meet they could claim to be anyone.
I know they've been specifically targeted but you'd wonder why alarm bells weren't going off:
If Angelina Jolie started messaging me, told me we could get together and then started asking for cash, I'd want some pretty good proof and/or a video chat before I sent her a tenner. So don't get any funny ideas @MargotRobbie@lemmy.world!
With the right knowhow people can live deepfake her face and use AI to clone her voice. So a videochat should also not be enough for this but many people would fall for it anyhow.