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Afreeca streamer arrested for defrauding K-pop fans

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Posted by Germaine-Jay Friday, June 10, 2022

A Korean streamer has been arrested for defrauding K-pop fans.

According to MBC News, an Afreeca TV streamer was arrested on June 8 for committing fraud against K-pop fans by selling non-existent tickets for the upcoming '1st Dream Concert Trot' and '28th Dream Concert' concerts, which sold out in 20 minutes. It's reported the streamer sold the tickets for full price on a reselling platform, and after obtaining the buyers' personal information, he bought gift cards for himself.

After discovering the scammer was a live streamer, the victims found his address through the live stream and contacted the restaurant he orders from to report him to police. It's reported a total of 23 victims lost 60 million Won ($47,218.25 USD). 

Watch the report by MBC News above.

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Aniaha
Aniaha1,807 pts Friday, June 10, 2022 0
Friday, June 10, 2022

That's sad.I hope the victims will get their money back.

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jlbbmt10
jlbbmt10227 pts Friday, June 10, 2022 0
Friday, June 10, 2022

Wow that’s good detective work. It’s cool the Resturant trusted them and notified the authorities too.

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