[International Romance Scam] I received a DM from a Korean person, so I replied to try and fall in love.

"I was deceived by an international romance scam and transferred several million yen."

I occasionally see news like this. An acquaintance of my friend also, after several months of exchanging emails, only realized when they were asked for money,

that it was a scam.

"It was a scam..."

When they realized this, I was impressed by how clever international romance scammers are at"taking their time and using sophisticated methods to make the other person fall in love."

"taking their time and using sophisticated methods to make the other person fall in love."

However, this international romance scam is not someone else's problem. When you post on Instagram, they send emails to your



DM (Direct Message)which is for private communication, not the comments that everyone can see,

"You have a lovely [item]."

starting with something like that. International romance scammers also send DMs to my sister, so it is a fairly familiar scam. I don't actually know which country the person sending them is from, but when I look at posts about international romance scams, they are usually



Koreanand are elegant, model-like handsome men. Stylish rooms, luxury hotels, extravagant meals...Anyway, all the posts are full of an atmosphere of someone living their best life.

There is absolutely no sign of any women.

They must think that all Japanese women are crazy about Korean men...



They must think that all Japanese women are crazy about Korean men...

As for me, a few years ago, I received my first DM from an international romance scammer.

They sent me a DM after seeing my post about handmade accessories using natural stones.

I hadn't been in love for a while, so I wanted to fall in love again and replied to the international romance scammer.

※The black one is the international romance scammer.

"Once every four years, is this the Olympics?!"

I expected a retort, but it was a disappointment.

The other party might be reading using a translation function, so I'll try writing a sentence that confuses the AI of the translation function.

They started persistently asking about my residence and accessory sales, so I changed the subject and tried sending a photo of my face.

I'm not confident in my own face photo, so...

I sent a photo of a celebrity I like who is energetic and motivated, with a pink image.

After that, the communication stopped, and I ended uphaving my heart broken...

That person from the international romance scam said they wanted to come see the accessories I made, even though...

They persistently asked where I lived, even though...

I'll look forward to the next time and try to do it better.

Thank you very much.