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Incident 11265 Report
Reported Use of Deepfake Video Impersonating Owen Wilson in Romance Scam with Fake Job Payments

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[US] Owen Wilson befriended my mother.
reddit.com · 2025

AIID editor's note: Please visit the original source to access the recording of the video uploaded by the Reddit user.

My sister & I have been telling her it's a scam but she's just not hearing us. Here's the situation(plethora of red flags).

  • She met him on Yahtzee with Friends. He claims he'd mistaken her for a person he knows in real life. He only talks to her on WhatsApp. Voice calls. She says FaceTime too but I have doubts.

  • Originally just sent photos directly from the fan account social media. NOTHING that we couldn't find on the internet. She says he hasn't asked for money or banking info.

  • He "got her a job" with Warner Bros. where she can make $5000 a month but liking social media posts. The job has sent her a couple $10 payments through Cashapp for her first trainings. She says they'll send her $1,000 through CashApp when she finishes training.

  • He's now buying a house in our small coastal town & wants her AND MY DAD to live there & be caretakers when he's not there. He had an actual realtor from this gated community call her to discuss their options. We believe this part because the realtor mentioned my sister in law's mother's uncommon name(we have no connection to her on social media) when my mother brought up my brother's wedding reception being held in the neighborhood.

And he sent the video attached as "proof".

Any advice yall can provide, to definitively prove to her this is a scam, would be greatly appreciated!

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