A 53-year-old French woman, identified only as Anne, has fallen victim to an online romance scam, losing some €830,000 ($851,000) to fraudsters impersonating Hollywood actor Brad Pitt. The fraud began ...

"It's a woman like you that my son needs." If only Anne knew that this message would lead to her losing €800,000 (about $1.3million AUD), she no doubt would have deleted it. Instead, she responded.