A Japanese woman lost her lifelong fortune to a man claiming to be a kpop idol

A Japanese woman deeply in love with Korean idols spent her life savings on a man who claimed to be a Korean “underground idol.”

On March 5 (Korean time), Japanese media company Kendai Business reported the story of a 44-year-old housewife (hereafter referred to as A) who was killed by a man posing as a Korean “underground idol” by 2.5 million Japanese Yen was cheated” (hereinafter referred to as B).

“Underground idols” are those who perform at underground venues, interact with fans, take photos of them, and chat with fans up close after their scenes. The fact that you can meet these underground idols face-to-face without paying too much is a huge draw.

Meanwhile, A lived with her husband and daughter in elementary school in Tokyo. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, she spent a lot of time at home and fell deeply in love with male kpop idols. Then she met B, an underground idol who introduced himself as Korean in Shin-Okubo, Tokyo.

According to A, she was excited after B, who looked like kpop idols, gave her a flyer to see her performance.

A ended up visiting Shin-Okubo every week to see B, spending 40,000 yen per ticket. She competed with other women and spent heavily every week and was able to date B after six months.

However, it turned out that B was actually a Japanese man who spoke Korean well. A who spent his life’s wealth on him had no choice but to take this as a costly lesson.

Source: Naver