Kara Park Gyuri, SNS boyfriend disappears and breaks up “If you‘re handsome, it’s a scam” (trade secret)

TV Nov 11, 2024

Translation

Park Gyu-ri of group Kara will show off her extraordinary intuition in the true story reconstruction corner ‘Case Notebook - How That Man Loves’ of Channel A‘s real-life detective drama ‘The Detectives’ Trade Secrets’.

On the ‘Case Notebook - How That Man Loves’ of ‘Channel A‘s ‘The Detectives’ Trade Secrets’ aired on the 11th, a client who started a long-distance relationship with a man named ‘Jake’, who was working as a doctor in the US, despite having never met him before, will appear through SNS.

Park Gyu-ri said, “I don‘t trust good-looking people. I don’t look at looks,“ and revealed her ideal type, saying, “I like a slightly warm style.” Then Defconn made everyone laugh by teasing, “Are you a Pubao?” Park Gyuri said, “If a good-looking person approaches me through SNS, it seems like a scam and I feel suspicious. I think it would be the same for other people...” but also revealed, “My ideal celebrity is Wi Ha-joon,” turning the studio upside down. When the MCs were speechless at Park Gyuri‘s different hurdle of ‘good-looking’, Defconn said, “Wi Ha-joon is warm,” making everyone laugh.

Defconn also said, “People get along well through SNS. There are cases like that among my acquaintances,” but shook his head, saying, “But that doesn’t apply to us.” He said, “When I check my SNS messages, people I don‘t know ask to borrow money. But I’m not in a position to lend money. Domestic stocks... Fighting,” and clenched his fist.

The client in the story went to the airport to meet her boyfriend who was returning to Korea permanently, but her boyfriend lost contact with her since then. From then on, the client suspected a ‘romance scam (money fraud using someone pretending to be a lover)’ and sought out a detective. However, the detective was suspicious of the small amount of damage, ‘about 2.5 million won’, for a romance scam, and was curious about what happened.

‘Detectives‘ Trade Secret’ will air on Channel A at 9:30 PM on Monday, November 11.

Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com reporter jhj@donga.com