When you think of A-listers, wealth is one of the first things that comes to mind — along with talent and fame. Although it’s easy to fantasize about $20 million movie paychecks, $500 million net worths and a life of luxury, celebrity-level visibility to the public also makes for celebrity-level visibility to scammers and con artists — which is how celebrities get scammed.
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And when celebs get scammed, one thing’s for sure: Those A-list-sized bank accounts mean that the monetary losses are often of an epic scale. Click through to see the celebrities who have fallen for some of the biggest money scams.
Alanis Morissette
Canadian singer Alanis Morissette’s legal battle with business manager Jonathan Schwartz finally came to a close in January 2017, when Schwartz admitted to swindling $4.8 million from Morissette and over $2 million from other artists, according to the BBC. For transferring Morissette’s money straight to his own account, Schwartz was sentenced to six years in jail, Rolling Stone reported. He really ought to know better.
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Sting
In the past decade, Sting has played high-profile weddings for multimillion-dollar paychecks, made a cameo appearance in “Zoolander 2” and sold off his Henri…
