{"id":2122118,"date":"2025-10-29T07:36:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T07:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2122118"},"modified":"2025-10-29T07:36:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T07:36:24","slug":"celebrity-catfish-scams-northern-california-resident-out-of-more-than-25000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/celebrity-catfish-scams-northern-california-resident-out-of-more-than-25000\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Celebrity\u2019 catfish scams Northern California resident out of more than $25,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(FOX40.COM) \u2014 A Northern California resident lost more than $25,000 after being scammed by a \u2018celebrity\u2019 catfish.
\u2022 Video Above: Scams circulating in California<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

A catfish is someone who steals another person\u2019s identity and pretends to be them online. The scam began when the victim commented on a Facebook post, and someone posing as a celebrity asked the victim to private message him, according to the Nevada County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

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Deputies said that through chatting on Facebook, the scammer convinced the victim to move their conversation into a popular private messaging app called Zangi. The victim spoke with the scammer for several hours per day, building trust via the app but never over the phone. He was eventually persuaded to join the fake actor\u2019s fan club for $200.<\/p>\n

According to NCSO<\/a>, once the membership was established, the victim was convinced to become a \u201cVIP Fan Club\u201d member at $5,000, and the scamming escalated. The victim paid the scammer through several methods, including mobile wallet numbers, Bitcoin, and gift cards. Law enforcement did not specify which celebrity the scammer posed as.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are sharing this unfortunate incident to build awareness in the hopes of preventing a similar incident from happening to someone else,\u201d said NCSO Undersheriff Sam Brown. \u201cScammers often pose as others and use deception to build false trust. If you\u2019re contacted by anyone you don\u2019t personally know who asks you for money, chances are it\u2019s a scam and you should not engage with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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