Netizen claims he was "romance-scammed" by a Crayon Pop member

Article: "I was romance-scammed by an idol-turned-BJ. I shot her 1 billion won star balloons..."

Source: Sports Kyunghyang

A netizen is alleging that he was "romance scammed" by an idol-turned-streamer."

The netizen nicknamed "Monk Mung' (A) on Afreeca TV revealed on the 1st, "I was scammed out of 1 billion won (~$1,000,000) by a famous idol-turned-BJ' (B) through a romance scam." [Romance scams are fraud methods where the victim expresses favor to the fraudster online who demands money from the victim after building trust].

The netizen had spared no cost in his efforts to romance B and thanks to his efforts, B's broadcasts did well every day. He tuned in to all her live broadcasts and sent her over 700,000,000 won (~$670,000)  in "balloons" (Afreeca TV virtual currency). He also gave her gifts like necklaces, shoes, bags, and moving costs worth over 300,000,000 won (~$270,000).

One day, netizen A asked idol streamer B about "a serious future together" and B said, "I've never thought of that between us. I only saw you as a close oppa."

A wrote about his frustrations saying, "How can someone, for a year, share with a man she has no care for, her personal phone number (not just broadcast phone number), personal home address and even let him accompany her to her apartment door, send him an intimate pic of her legs and tell him you want to live with him in 3 years and even introduce him to your mother?"  He then shared all the katalks sent between them.



He concluded, "I don't want to get a refund on the star balloons or the gifts I sent her. I'm writing this to avoid another victim like me. I hope this person will not play with other people's emotions and I'll be filing a lawsuit against her for defrauding me."

The article went viral online and even though the netizen didn't reveal the alleged idol-turned-BJ's name, netizens speculated that the alleged BJ 'B' is former Crayon Pop member Ellin.

Ellin has since then switched her Instagram account to private.

1. [+327, -6] ㅋ ㅋㅋㅋ If you want to live together and meet the parents isn't the game over? ㅋ ㅋㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋ she's too much
2. [+224, -8] A true catfish ㅋㅋㅋ
3. [+198, -6] If she just took the money then ran ok..what kind of catfish even asked to live together and even met the parents?...isn't that too much..
4. [+62, -6] She made some easy money ㅋㅋ
5. [+48, -9] The guy that sent her 1 billion is problematic but Ellin who took advantage of the situation even meeting his parents and took a billion won from him is worse...
6. [+6, -1] It's confirmed that its that Crayon Pop member right?
7. [+5, -2] Jealous ㅋ