viral! Recently a housewife was scammed by someone claiming to be a K-pop idol.
The housewife admitted that she lost a lot of her life savings for this fake idol.
On March 5, Japanese media Gendai Business uncovered the story of a housewife whose initial 'A' (age 44) was conned by a man claiming to be a K-pop idol.
According to the media report, 'A' lost his life savings of 2.5 million Japanese Yen or the equivalent of 282,597,500 Rupiah.
In Japan they are known as secret idols, referring to idols who are independently managed and perform in small venues while interacting closely with fans.
This secret idol culture allows fans to get close to the artists they love and build strong bonds with them through meetings, without even paying a lot of money.
Fans are usually given 100 seconds with their chosen idol member, and they can take pictures, shake hands, and talk during that time.
In Japan, there are around 10,000 idols who are active as 'hidden idols'. For male idols who promote as secret idols, they are called 'Menchika'.
While living in Tokyo with her husband and a child, housewife 'A' fell in love with K-pop and Korean male idols during the pandemic.
Then she meets fake idol 'B' (age 19) who claims to be Korean and works as an idol behind the scenes located in Shin Okubo, Tokyo.
Housewife 'A' claims that she started depleting her savings when she received flyers about the idol.
'A' visits Shin Okubo every week to see 'B' and spends 40,000 Yen or the equivalent of 4,521,560 Rupiah per visit to buy tickets.
He was even willing to compete with other women to buy the ticket and was able to date the fake idol for about 6 months.
Until finally 'A' found out the truth that 'B' is also a Japanese citizen who has the ability to speak Korean.
It was at that time that housewife 'A' admitted that she was very sorry to have met 'B', so that she spent a lot of her money which was her life savings. /kpopchart.net
