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It sounds like something out of a movie, but sadly, it’s real. A woman in South Korea was tricked into sending a huge amount of money, around 500 million KRW (roughly $350,000), to someone pretending to be Squid Game star Lee Jung-Jae. The scammer used AI-generated photos of the actor and even sent fake IDs to make the lie seem believable. Over months, the victim was led to believe she was in a romantic relationship with Lee, all while being manipulated and asked for more and more money.

According to a report by JTBC, a woman in her 50s fell victim to a romance scam after being contacted by someone posing as Lee Jung-Jae on social media. The impersonator introduced himself as the actor, claiming he wanted to “communicate with fans." To make his claims believable,

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