The story broke on Sunday on the TF1 show "Sept à huit," which aired the testimony of Anne, a French interior decorator who described how she had been scammed by a fake Brad Pitt

After reportedly telling the scammer that she had recently divorced her husband, Anne sent almost all of her €775,000 divorce settlement — about $798,000 — after the fake Pitt said he had developed kidney cancer and needed a loan because his bank accounts were locked as a result of his ongoing divorce proceedings with Angelina Jolie .