A MAN was cruelly scammed out of £200 after being sweet-talked by a fake Jennifer Aniston begging for cash for “Apple subscriptions”;.
Paul Davis, 43, from , handed over the after believing he was talking to the Friends star on .
Paul says he was targeted by an army of AI scammers pretending to be A-list stars – including the Friends legend herself – in a bizarre new wave of deepfake fraud.
The unemployed Brit, who battles , revealed how he was bombarded with dozens of eerily convincing videos from bogus accounts.
Some fraudulently posed as tech titans and .
But it was a phoney Aniston who finally fooled him after sending what looked like her licence.
The fraudster also told Paul she “loved him”; before asking for money.
Paul said: “I’ve had fake videos from saying she loves me and asking for £200. I believed it – and I paid.”;
The cruel scam saw him send £200 worth of non-refundable gift cards to the supposed sweetheart.
“I got bitten,”; he added. “Once bitten, twice shy.”;
The shocking con is part of a terrifying rise in AI-powered scams, with crooks creating scarily real deepfake clips of celebs to trick unsuspecting victims out of their cash and private info.
Paul says he’s been relentlessly harassed for months, receiving fake messages every day claiming he’s won everything from mega cash prizes to a flashy .
One video even showed a fake Zuckerberg declaring: “This is not a scam – believe me”; while flashing a dodgy ID.
Another sent him a bogus “certificate from Facebook”; claiming he’d scooped £500k and a motor.
“They make it look so real,”; Paul said.
“It’s been going on for five months. I thought someone would get in trouble for this, but they seem to be having a laugh – and getting away with it.”;
Worryingly, Paul says he’s not the only one falling victim.
He revealed: “Someone I know’s lost over a grand in Apple gift cards to these scams.”;
Now, struggling with his mental and unable to work, Paul says the constant barrage of cons is taking its toll.
Paul said: “I can’t keep taking that sort of hit. They’re asking for bank details, credit card info – everything.”;
The 43-year-old says he is sharing his story in a bid to warn others and stop the scammers in their tracks.
It comes after a scammer who by pretending to be was unmasked in .
Interior designer Anne, 53, was scammed into funding a fake cancer treatment for the star after receiving AI-generated selfies and sweet-talking texts.
The cruel romance con lasted over a year, costing Anne her fortune, her , and her .
Eventually a crack team discovered the scammer’s identity, his Nigerian base, and 34 other victims.
Meanwhile, another woman put out a call for help after noticing her mum
The unnamed woman took to, revealing both she and her sister had failed to convince her mum that the man she was chatting to was not the real actor.
She decided to share theher mum had been sent by ‘with the title ‘Owen Wilson befriended my mother.’
