TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Two Florida women were conned out of over $160,000 by fraudsters pretending to be actor Keanu Reeves.
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said the scheme began when the women met who they believed was the actor on the gaming apps Words with Friends and Scrabble Go.
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They even received voicemails that used AI to sound like Reeves.
A woman named Diane was mourning her deceased boyfriend when she met “Reeves.” She said that she allowed the people posing as Reeves to “borrow” thousands of dollars during the three-year relationship…