A 63 Year Old Woman Allegedly Got Scammed Out Of $100,000 After Being Catfished By Someone Posing As Bruno Mars On Instagram
TMZ- Bruno Mars' "24K Magic" became a $100k nightmare for one Texas woman, who told cops she was hoodwinked into forking over a fortune to someone passing as the singer. The alleged victim was 63 when she told cops in Houston she made an IG account in 2018, and connected with someone claiming to be Bruno. She says the person developed an online relationship with her and eventually asked for cash.
Of course, as is oftentimes the case with these stories, she says she cut a couple of checks and put 'em in the mail, as instructed -- one for $10k, and another $90k. According to legal docs, obtained by TMZ, 2 cashier's checks were made out to "Chi Autos" at the behest of the fake Bruno, to cover “tour expenses” … that's what he told the woman, anyway. She says he also told her he was leaving the tour to come be with her.
I'll admit that this was my first reaction to this story:
If you, or anybody, thinks that the most electrifying man in show business today is sliding in your DMs to start an online romance in between dropping the hottest hits the world, you are indeed an idiot. A fucking idiot.
Then I thought about it for a minute and realized who can possibly blame this Boomer for being hoodwinked, bamboozled, led astray run amok, and flat out deceived? Everyone older than 60 years old are prime time real estate for scammers. Don't believe me? Ask your mom or dad or any Old that you know about what they've been reading on Facebook the last few years and you'll realize the people who told us not to believe everything we read on the internet believe EVERYTHING they read on the internet. Losing 100 grand hurts, but this lady can just chalk that up as a payment for an online fantasy camp where for a short while, she was the secret and future Bruno Mars. That may not be the seem like the best way to spend money to all the people who became financial whizzes during this pandemic. But there are certainly worse things to spend your money on than believing someone capable of doing this is your secret boyfriend.
For the record, there is no way a man capable of making a song this beautiful would ever ask for $100,000 without at least a phone call.