It’s crazy enough that this scam worked once, but now it’s worked twice, and on women in the same country, no less!
A Japanese octogenarian was swindled out of thousands of dollars after falling in love online with a self-described astronaut who sought her help to avert a spaceship crisis, police said Tuesday.
The hapless woman in Japan’s northern Hokkaido island met the fraudster in July on social media who claimed to be a male astronaut, a local police officer told AFP, describing the case as a romance scam.
After some exchanges, the scammer one day told her he was “in space on a spaceship right now” but was “under attack and in need of oxygen,” the official said.
The scammer then urged her to pay him online to help him buy oxygen, and successfully hoodwinked around 1 million yen ($6,700) out of her.
Thanks to Carin for suggesting the title and soundtrack after the first one. It doesn’t fit quite as perfectly this time, but better late than never.
Hahahahaha I forgot I said that the first time. I was just about to comment that you picked a hilarious title. Wow! Two years ago. Just gone. Zap.
It does kind of feel like a different lifetime, doesn’t it? Sad thing is that that one kinda sucked too. But at least we could still have fun with post titles.