{"id":175181,"date":"2021-02-10T12:59:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T09:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bruno-mars-catfishers-reportedly-convince-fan-to-send-100k-for-tour-expenses\/"},"modified":"2021-02-10T12:59:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T09:59:19","slug":"bruno-mars-catfishers-reportedly-convince-fan-to-send-100k-for-tour-expenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bruno-mars-catfishers-reportedly-convince-fan-to-send-100k-for-tour-expenses\/","title":{"rendered":"#Bruno Mars Catfishers Reportedly Convince Fan To Send $100K For &#039;Tour Expenses&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Bruno Mars Catfishers Reportedly Convince Fan To Send $100K For &#039;Tour Expenses&#039;<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image large\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2021\/02\/210210-Bruno-Mars-900x506.jpg\" alt=\"Bruno Mars Catfishers Reportedly Convince Fan To Send $100K For 'Tour Expenses'\" class=\"large\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"news-caption\">\n<span>Jeff Kravitz\/Film Magic<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body-copy  js-entry-text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<span class=\"location\">Houston, TX \u2013 <\/span> MTV<em> Catfish<\/em> host Neve Schulman is somewhere rolling his eyes. According to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2021\/02\/10\/bruno-mars-catfish-texas-100k-money\/\"><em>TMZ,<\/em><\/a> a catfish pretending to be pop star Bruno Mars somehow managed to convince a woman in Houston, Texas to clean out her bank account.<\/p>\n<p>The woman told police she was 63 years old when she started an Instagram account in 2018 and began corresponding with someone claiming to be the famous singer.\u00a0After developing a close relationship online, the person eventually asked her for money and she obliged, sending two checks worth a combined $100,000.<\/p>\n<style>\n                                    #div-gpt-ad-body1 >div {\n                                     margin-bottom: 16px;\n                                    }<\/p>\n<p>                                .article-advertisement.article-body.article-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>{\n                                    margin-top: 16px;\n                                }<\/p>\n<p>                                .article-advertisement.article-body.article-news p {\n                                    margin-top: 0;\n                                }\n                                    <\/style>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-body1\" class=\"centered-ad\">\n<script>\n                        googletag.cmd.push(function () { \n                            googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-body1');\n                            googletag.pubads().refresh([window.ad_slot_body1]);\n                        });\n                    <\/script><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; 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Both men <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared in a local court this week.<\/p>\n<p>Court documents reportedly state two\u00a0cashier\u2019s checks were made out to \u201cChi Autos\u201d at the request of the bootleg Bruno to cover \u201ctour expenses.\u201d The imposter also told the woman he was abandoning the tour to come be with her.<\/p>\n<p>Houston police believe both low-level criminals could be working for international scammers and are hoping they cooperate to help uncover a potentially larger criminal ring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Kyle Eustice\"><br \/>\nby Kyle Eustice\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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