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Jamie Foxx Targeted in $40K Scam on Netflix Film Set: Report<!-- wp:html --><p>REUTERS/Henry Nicholls</p> <p>Production on the big-budget Netflix film <em><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/cameron-diaz-un-retires-from-acting-for-netflix-movie-with-jamie-foxx">Back in Action</a></em>, a joint star vehicle for <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/day-shift-review-jamie-foxxs-vampire-slaying-pool-cleaner-is-a-cry-for-help">Jamie Foxx</a> and <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/cameron-diaz-is-the-most-underappreciated-actress-of-our-time">Cameron Diaz</a>, ground to a halt this week after a worker on the film tried to involve Foxx in a $40,000 scam, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11883849/Jamie-Foxx-calls-cops-hes-targeted-33-000-elaborate-scam.html"><em>The Daily Mail</em> reported on Tuesday</a>.</p> <p>According to <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/21780546/jamie-foxx-calls-cops-scam-cameron-diazs-blockbuster-comeback/"><em>The Sun</em></a>, this same employee may have been involved in past attempted scams involving wealthy celebrities, and police may have been called to the set of <em>Back in Action</em> over the Foxx dustup. </p> <p>“This film has been a bit of a nightmare,” a source reportedly told <em><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/21780546/jamie-foxx-calls-cops-scam-cameron-diazs-blockbuster-comeback/">The Sun</a></em>, citing filming delays due to bad weather in London as well as the firing of at least one employee. </p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/jamie-foxx-targeted-in-dollar40k-scam-on-netflix-film-set-report">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Production on the big-budget Netflix film Back in Action, a joint star vehicle for Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz, ground to a halt this week after a worker on the film tried to involve Foxx in a $40,000 scam, The Daily Mail reported on Tuesday.

According to The Sun, this same employee may have been involved in past attempted scams involving wealthy celebrities, and police may have been called to the set of Back in Action over the Foxx dustup.

“This film has been a bit of a nightmare,” a source reportedly told The Sun, citing filming delays due to bad weather in London as well as the firing of at least one employee.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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