He really fell for this Friends’ request.
A gullible British man was scammed by an online catfisher — believing it was a hard-up Jennifer Aniston madly in love with him.
Paul Davis, 43, told The Sun he paid out non-refundable Apple gift cards after being sent messages he believed were from the “Friends” star blowing him kisses and holding up a sign reading, “I love you.”
“I’ve had fake videos from Jennifer Aniston saying she loves me and asking for [about $270],” he told the UK paper of the scam using AI images. “I believed it – and I paid.”
“Are you there my love,” the scammer asked him in one exchange. “My subscription is about to expire.
He believed it, he said, because he was sent a photo supposedly proving it was Aniston’s driver’s license, then some audio clips that sounded just like Brad Pitt’s ex-wife.
Davis said scammers had messaged him incessantly, with others pretending to be tech giants Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.
“It’s been going on for five months,” he said. “I thought someone would get in trouble for this, but they seem to be having a laugh – and getting away with it.”
He finally learned his lesson, he said, after getting fleeced by the fake Aniston.
