Sister claims she is engaged to celebrity
For over 3 years now I have been trying to figure out whether my sister (and parents) are being scammed or if my sister is a compulsive liar. Granted, it could also be that she is being scammed and she is a compulsive liar, which is the more likely of the 3.
Around 2023 my mother informed me that my sister was dating / engaged to a celebrity that she met on set while playing a part for a popular vampire TV show. I personally don't care much for vampire media or idolizing celebrities, but to each their own. However, when I heard this I immediately was suspicious. From what I am told, they met on set and hit it off which led to them getting engaged. As far as I am aware (and I have dug through every possible resource and credit I can) my sister has never been part of this show, but she claims to have played a part in it for the last 2 seasons. Now you would think her never having actually showed up in any scene, it would be obviously to my parents that something is pretty god damn fishy right? Nope, they and her still to this day swear that she is in the show. Whenever I would question what scenes she was in, my mother would send me some screenshot my sister sent to her of some blurry person in the background or extra (all who I was able to verify as definitely not my fucking sister). Mind you her part is supposed to be an important one, from what I am told.
Back to the romance scam. I was told that this famous guy bought her a multi-million dollar home in New Orleans (She has been living with my parents all her life and still currently). This home has actually been up for sale for around a year now, and I have considered taking a trip down that way to gather more info / potentially speak to the actual owners if possible. In classic romance scam fashion, every single planned event where this guy is supposed to come meet my parents or my sister is supposed to go be with him, the plans get canned last minute. This has happened a nauseating amount of times, and every time it does, I want to push my thumbs into my eyes until I touch my own brain. At some point this person started texting my mother and father, but mainly my mother which added a while new level of discomfort and anxiety for me. There was a point early on where I had made jokes asking for proof but there was never anything shown to me. Even worse, my mother or father had never even met this guy a single time, not even on video chat (not that that would make a difference these days). It wasn't until last year I think, that my mother talked to "the guy" over video call and she is constantly reassuring me that everything is real.
Around the same time about a year ago, it was made public that the guy has actually been in a long-term relationship with another costar. When I brought this up to my mother and asked what the number was that he messages her from, it ended it me getting yelled at for an hour with things like "That's his personal number, I'm not going to just give that out." And "You don't want your sister to be happy." And "You are pushing your future brother in law away." And "It's so rude that you are asking for proof, and it makes him upset that you can't take a man at his word." Yada yada. My sister even had an excuse that my mother believed to explain way the relationship with the other costar. Again, in classic romance scam fashion it involved some heartbreaking tragedy, where they aren't actually together it's just for publicity and "the company" makes them post old photos. My sister has all of these stories about being on the set and with this guy that are so over the top and unbelievable to the point that it is laughable that they don't question any of it. My mother has been through far far too much suffering in this life, trying to keep us safe when we were kids from some horrible shit. As an adult now, I make it a point to keep her safe from horrible stuff, and I'm this case it has only led to me being accused of being untrustworthy and rude.
Recently, the guy and my sister were able to get my mother a small part on the show.... This likely involves filling out paperwork which would be a very convenient way for my mother to divulge her SSN and other personal info to whoever this is. This isn't even an a third of all of the things because this post would never end. My other siblings are also skeptical but none of them have the balls to speak up aside from me, so I just gave up. I realized that odds are whoever this person is will likely just use me as a scapegoat when they inevitably dip out. Looking through all of my sisters social media accounts and who / what she follows I realized that she is literally the perfect mark for one of these scammers to pose as the celebrity she is obsessed with. Anytime I see an add for this show it just fills me with anger and anxiety toward the whole situation. I want to believe that my sister is just love sick and being taken advantage of, but she is very clearly lying to my mother about how real this whole thing is.
No matter what I say, or what I do to try to protect my parents, in the end I just get insulted for it.