So here comes my story.
What was said:
Location: Berlin
Name: Chung Lee
Phone: +49 1521 4862399
Age: 37, born on 5.June 1983
Family: younger brother and father
Occupation: Working as an engineer on a 2y4m contract for a German petroleum company
Originally from South Korea, but has lived in the US for many years
Speaks English and very little Korean
Ownes three dogs - two Dobermans and one small white dog (Miki)
So he hooked me up on Tinder and asked to chat on WhatsApp, and it is very common, I had no problem with that.
He said he lives in Berlin, and as I live in Northern Europe, our time zones matched, so it was easy to talk (and well, it also matches well with the Nigerian time zone
)
I didn't take him that seriously to start with, and he was not pushy either, though consistent. So after a while, I started noticing how he is avoiding certain questions - about the Korean language, about his past. Just being too vague.
The dogs are real and truly seem to belong to that person on the pics, I can see them here too: and there were many photos of them together on the Insta account I followed before he deleted it. He said that the dags were take n care of in his family house in Korea.
Also, he was too accepting. I have worked with Koreans before and I know their mindset but and it made me doubt things but, as everyone is different and he supposedly lived in the US, I was like, ok... I kept feeding them with all kinds of reasons why we are not a good fit, but he handled them all. But he dressed too Korean too lol. He also started to delete his social media, there was one Insta account, he deleted. Also that Tinder account.
Then, of course, I asked to speak over the phone, he kept telling me that I will not like his voice, but then agreed.
OMG. I literally froze. He sounded 100% Nigerian. The contrast between his face and voice was just too huge. He tried to speak very lightly, but I told her that his accent is African and I ended the conversation.
But then I thought that maybe, just maybe I am just weird lol, and asked for a video. He sent one! Without speaking in it though. In this video, his expression is exactly like: so do you believe me now? There was a background sound, and a time added to it. Also, he sent a voice message, and there the accent either was not really there or was very weak, actually, it did remind a Korean accent this time, simply too strong for someone who has lived for years in America.
Then I was like... hmm ok... Then he said he has to travel, to Sg. I didn't ask more about it, but we all know that Sg stands for Singapore, I just mentioned that ah ok, time difference, and he said yeah.
So when he "left" for Singapore, he sent me a video from the airplane. Though, it was clearly a bus where he was sitting, in a suit and all (and I have seen one photo from the same bus here, in someone's post - he is wearing a different outfit there).
Things were getting really interesting
And then he arrived, about 1,5h later
I was like, where are you know? He said oh I had to go to Sylt first (it is an island in Germany). Well, I have been to Sylt, and I have also been to Berlin myself. And there is no freakin' way you can get from berlin to Sylt in 1,5h.
So now I was reaaalllly curious, and did the reverse image search, finding first his Jae Hogar account at some Chinese platform and then this site here.
So I sent him the links and thanked him for his time, it was actually pretty fun. He called me and tried to say that I have misunderstood something, but his accent again was just too much. When I laughed at his "aks" instead of "ask", he ended the call, just to call back, even more annoyed
Now I was done with the fun and blocked him.
My thoughts.
The original author of the images - I mean, what kind of person walks around, taking selfies every hour of his life and posts it online for everyone to download?
Secondly - there are videos too, and one of them fits the situation just too well.
Thirdly - the voice message, no matter how many times I listen to it, I cannot confirm it is an African person speaking - and I know many people from there.
Sometimes it feels like this Korean person is collaborating with these guys
I tried to search for the logo of the clinic HH, but unsuccessfully - what is the name of the clinic, does anyone know?
The chatting - it was seriously professional (minus those mistakes I mentioned) - it did remind me of my Korean friends, a bit.
These Nigerians there are doing an amazing job, seriously. No wonder they make money from it.
He did not ask for any money from me though, nothing. I personally find this kind of dedication from that person's side a complete waste of time and would have a serious talk with him as his boss there.
I was smart enough to take screenshots from his social media along the way + have the ones he sent me. Some of those match pictures others have already posted. Is there a way to post WhatsApp videos here?
I am lazy, made a collage: