SEOUL – Former K-pop idol Mina from girl group AOA has claimed she was scammed while working in a chatroom for lonely men. In an interview with South Korea media outlet Channel A News on Monday, the 29-year-old singer-actress said she lost 15 million Korean won (S$15,400) after she started working on Feb 6 at what was promised to be...
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“I searched for work-from-home jobs and a part-time ‘chatting’ job popped up. So I thought it was just talking to people. If a guy opens a chatroom, the girl would enter that room and just talk with him,” she said in the interview. Worried that she would lose her coins if she did not comply, Mina claimed she sent a total of 15 million Korean won over six wire transfers.
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