Brad Pitt is not on social media, his team reminded fans, after a French woman said she was conned out of $800,000 by scammers posing as the A-list actor.

Brad Pitt has criticized the person who scammed a 53-year-old French woman out of $850,000 while pretending to be the Oscar-winning actor. Newsweek emailed a spokesperson for Pitt for comment on Thursday outside of normal business hours.

A representative for Brad Pitt is speaking out in response to recent reports that a French woman was scammed out of over $800,000 by people who posed as the actor online. "It’s awful that scammers take advantage of fans’ strong connection with celebrities,