Nigerians Behind AI-Driven Brad Pitt $850,000 Romance Scam

As the story gains traction on social media platforms, the focus has turned to how the scammers could pull off such an elaborate scheme using AI.

A scam involving AI-generated images of Hollywood star Brad Pitt used to defraud a French woman of $850,000 (N1,313,258,500) has been traced to Nigeria.

The fraudsters posed as 61-year-old Hollywood actor Brad Pitt, claiming to require money for a kidney transplant as his accounts had been frozen due to his ongoing divorce from Angelina Jolie. Their…