What name did the scammer use: Kim Parker
How old did the scammer say they were: 32 - 22.10.1990
What site/app did you first meet the scammer on? Please provide a link if possible.: Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/ji_kim.1/Sorry, I forgot to take a screenshot before blocking...
Who made the first contact: He contacted me first.
If they asked you to leave the site/app and go elsewhere, where did they take you: Kakaotalk ID: parkereon2
If they gave you a phone number, please add it here.: He didn't, but I got it myself from the fake bank account profile details and Kakaotalk profile before adding (photos added)
Please upload any photos the scammer sent you: Here are some of his face/body:
I had videos too but I don't think they are necessary since they are similar to the pictures.
How much money did they demand: For a ticket to America, hotel expenses, and pocket money.
Characteristics of the scammer:
Place of residence: LA, the United States
Occupation: Contract coordinator
Travels to Cyprus for a work project (same)
Tried a lot to make me be in a relationship even tho I ignored his messages aggressively. And he kept calling me "babe" and telling me that he loves me *cringe*
Asked me if it was ok for him to come to my country and spend time with him, insisted after I said that I am not interested and if he wants to be friends we can meet once I go back to Korea.
He kept this conversation ongoing for almost a month and even tried to call me.
Has a very strong African accent, and his English was by far not ok.
Used Centenary Savings as his "bank".
Rushed too much to get into a relationship.
He tried to keep up with the time zone difference from Cyprus to Korea.
Avoided video call
On his fake bank account, it was the same name he gave me KIM PARKER/KIM RAEWON, and the same on social media. Backed out when I asked about his Facebook and WhatsApp.
He was very impatient, always speaking as demanding.
What happened
Everything was quite similar to everyone's story just from a different country and it seems that he put more effort lol.
He said that he is Korean but lived in LA until 3 months ago when he came to Jeju Island. I will put screenshots of his "life story time".
Then he kept talking to me about the Korean life and language and tried to get close to my interests, I guess. He saw that I am from Romania but I live in Korea and kept saying that he needs to learn stuff.
Only after around 2 weeks, he says he'll go to Cyprus with work and will want to come to Romania, but I refused. Somehow, he didn't get mad. When he arrived in Cyprus he texted for some days and after he told me that he can't log into his "saver account" and asked me if I can do it.
This is when I get suspicious and start searching his Instagram photos and those he sent on Google Image Search, unfortunately with no results. I also had doubts from the beginning regarding the credibility of his Instagram account since it looked very similar to those you buy directly with followers and posts, etc. I work in the IT "world" so IDK why he picked me to scam lol.
Then I found something related to his phone number and I thought he might be a scammer, so I continued the discussion for the sake of maybe caughting him. So, I told him that I don't want to be hold responsible if anything happens to his account and that I will give him the option to get access to my phone and do it himself. That way I could record everything he does. I open an incognito tab and let him do his job. 2 times, every day. Today he asked the same but obviously, he saw it was on hold.
From here he started the same thing that he needs money bla bla. The idiot forgot he was using the website from my phone and contacted the chat for help. But he was writing on the customer service agent's behalf instead of his. That's when he called me and asked me for money because he can't change it unless he goes to a branch in America. I gave him better options and obviously, I ended the call while I was talking. Then he asked me again in a message but said no. I blocked him after I got his details from the bank account profile details.
Bank website: https:/ /centenarysavings.com/dashboard/summary.php
Beneficiary account name: Kim Parker
Beneficiary account no: 0156432689
Email on the website:
kimreaone97@gmail.comPhone number on the website: +17242018406 but on Kakao a number from Nigeria
Fortunately, I only lent money to people very close to me no matter their situation, so I didn't get any far. But for me, he called me a lot.
For me, he was suspicious from the beginning since I live in Korea and he seemed anything but Korean. I got to this forum thread only after I found that phone number in the bank account details.
Extra: he got angry because I kept telling him that he doesn't sound like he was raised in LA and that I couldn't understand him most of the time. These weeks were kind of funny for me because I was clearly saying how he got angry because of me trying to correct his English and knowledge.
Here are some pictures he sent me to show me that he's in Cyprus:
Plus, a video from the hotel rooms with a view of the Gymnasium Fitness Club.