Ioan Gruffudd is confronted by fan at a convention who had been duped into thinking the pair had been in a relationship for a year

Ioan Gruffudd was confronted by a female fan who was convinced they had been in a relationship for more than a year after being duped by a scammer posing as the actor.

The stunned Fantastic Four star, 53, said the woman showed him hundreds of 'explicit and disturbing' AI-generated images and videos that she believed he had sent her.

She had been targeted on a Facebook page for the television series Elsbeth before being encouraged to move the conversation to Telegram by someone claiming to be the Welsh actor. 

Gruffudd shared the revelation with his fans as a warning today, saying he had reported the matter to police.

The interaction with the female fan is believed to have taken place at Comic Con at the Chattanooga Convention Center in Tennessee, USA.

The event took place from November 7 to 8, with Gruffudd appearing on both days.

Gruffudd, who played Reed Richards in the 2000s Fantastic Four films, a role now played by Pedro Pascal, said: 'Something incredibly distressing and disturbing has been brought to my attention.

'A woman came to a convention I was recently attending and she was under the impression that she was in an extramarital relationship with me for over a year.

'She showed me hundreds of Al images and videos that someone claiming to be me had sent to her.

'The images were explicit and disturbing.

'She was targeted from an Elsbeth Facebook page by this person who sent her a cell number and asked her to communicate via Telegram.

'They began sending Al images and videos to "prove" that it was me.'

The actor states he has now reported this to the police.

He has now warned his fans that he only has one social page and would never reach out asking for money.

He said: 'If you believe you are speaking to me via message, telegram, any social media pages that aren't this page (@ioangruffudd), or any other means, this is not me.

'I will never give out my cell number to anyone that I don't personally know.

'Please do not engage and never send money.

'I urge you to ignore and block all contact from anyone that claims to be me.

'Lastly, if you have been targeted by this person please report them and their number to the police for investigation.

'I have done the same.

'The cell number, or one of, is 915-272-3815.'

Gruffudd, who was at the centre of Hollywood's messiest divorce which was finalised in 2023, recently had a child with his now wife Bianca Wallace.

The pair went public in 2021 whilst he was still in the stages of divorcing Alice Evans after 13 years of marriage.