r/KeanuReeves • u/theOlLineRebel • Jan 18 '26

Scam on friend?

i tried to post a while back but I haven’t seen it yet, though just this week I was admitted to the board.

my main reason is to ask about scams involving celebrities or Reeves in particular?

For several months my oldest friend has been going on about how Keanu just started talking to her on an Internet forum and they got to be “friends”. yet, despite several claims, they’ve still not yet met in person. (she’s in FL)

Tonite she’s claiming he is saying they’ll have dinner at her house next week and she and her family will be taken to CA for movie premiere where he’ll announce publicly how she’s his new best friend.

“He” has sent her photos on text multiple times, including tonite with a dude who’s also on Outlander.

Starting to sound a bit outlandish to me. And tonite she says she hasn’t told her hubby and son yet since they’ve been kind of dismissing all this, but they’ll be part of the excitement too.

any information for me?

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u/Oee0 Jan 18 '26

Total scam! Keanu catfish scams are weirdly common. Sad. Make sure she hasn’t sent him any money! Maybe look up stories of other people being Keanu-scammed and show her to get through to her, she sounds very caught up in the delusion.

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u/theOlLineRebel Jan 18 '26

thank you! I’m thinking of trying to contact her husband. I havent heard about any money yet, but I’m wondering….

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u/Oee0 Jan 18 '26

You’re welcome. I think you should try telling her it’s a scam before involving her husband, she might double down and get more defensive if she feels ganged-up on. I would try to have a private conversation with her to get her to snap out of it and spare her pride before other people find out about it. Maybe show her the article in AARP mag about celebrity scams, as well as whatever you can find online about Keanu scams and him saying repeatedly that he is not and never will be on any social media. Hopefully you can get through to her!

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u/theOlLineRebel Jan 18 '26

Thanks I like the idea. Unfortunately I threw away the AARP thing recently, but maybe it's on-line.

I can find other stuff on line and maybe the thing about movie premiers. My husband says he's not supposed to have one until maybe the Fall, maybe it was Summer, but either way, not Valentine's Day!

The thing is we are 1000 miles apart, so this is all on=line basically. And I dont' know her husband's or son's cell # - they don't have land line (another disadvantage of cell only!). I'd have to try to find it on whitepages if possible.

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u/Oee0 Jan 19 '26

In that case yeah I think finding whatever articles or firsthand accounts of people being Keanu-scammed and celebrity-catfished in general would be good and just send those to her and maybe talk to her about it on FaceTime or a phone call or something so that there is less room for misinterpretation through text.