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The original was posted on /r/scams by /u/BeaksAndEyeballs on 2025-07-12 14:10:03+00:00.
My brother (71) has been married to his wife (78) for 27 years. A few months ago, she watched a movie she absolutely loved and decided to find the fan page for the (very handsome) 34 year old male star. She sent him a nice message telling him to keep up the good work.
To her surprise, he responded and they’ve now been “talking” every night for three hours. After a couple of months of this, she told my brother she wanted a divorce. He was stunned and tried to explain that this was clearly a scam, likely AI or a professional catfish, but she won’t hear it. She’s all in.
Now, after months of nightly “conversations,” the guy has told her he’s coming to town tonight to take her to dinner. She and my brother are still somehow coexisting under the same roof and keeping things reasonably cordial. The scammer originally wanted to come to their house, but my brother (rightly) put his foot down.
I reached out to the real 34 year old actor, and he confirmed that the fan page is fake. He was kind and even offered to talk to my SIL directly, but she refused.
Here’s the thing, she has no money and almost no assets. So I’m left wondering, what exactly is the scam here? Is someone going to try to abduct her (I wouldn’t exactly mind…), or is he just not going to show up at all? What’s the endgame when the mark has made it very clear she’s broke?