Brittany Murphy Got Conned / Scammed / Whatever

So like Brittany Murphy's friends are shocked when she married this writer Simon Monjack after only dating for 4 months.... like why? This is Hollywood.... 4 months is like 10 years there.

So anyways, apparently this Monjack guy has two warrants for his arrest in Virginia for alleged credit card theft and fraud, an unpaid $6,087 legal bill, and a $502,910 judgment against him by a British investment firm.

And Us Weekly reports in its new issue that Monjack gave his former fiancée, British film producer Taira Rafiq, an engagement ring he had told her was a diamond but was, in fact, cubic zirconia.

He also was jailed earlier this year for overstaying his tourist visa, and Murphy, 29, had to bail him out. “Simon began pushing for marriage, since he was going to be deported,” says a source, adding that Murphy paid for her own engagement ring.

Monjack tells Us, “It is a real tragedy that success, greed, envy and celebrity are the motivation for attacking my family and character.”