An unidentified person posing as a British film actor Tom Hiddleston, who starred as the supervillain Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, managed to trick a woman into giving up her hard-earned cash, a source in the Moscow police told Moscow City News Agency.
According to the victim, she chatted with the artificial actor using Twitter and WhatsApp.
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The perpetrator, however, asked her to send him $200 first via the Perfect Money payment system, and immediately severed all contact with the woman when she obliged.
The police launched a criminal investigation into this incident, treating it as fraud.
