South Korean entertainer Kim Jong-kook revealed in an episode of My Little Old Boy that he lost a lot of money to investment scams.
Celebrities can easily fall prey to scams as well, as revealed in an episode of South Korean reality series My Little Old Boy. Kim Jong-kook, best known for being a member of the popular South Korean entertainment series Running Man , admitted that he has lost “billions of won” to investment scams. According to entertainment portal Starnews Korea, the 48-year-old star spoke about his experience with fraudsters on the June 9 episode of My Little Old Boy . He appeared in a segment along with actor Choi Jin-hyuk and singer Lee Sang-min.
Choi, 38, mentioned that he has received many text messages from various people and organisations, asking him to invest with them. Strangers have also asked him to lend them money. He asked Kim and Lee if they had faced similar situations.He was once offered financial advice by people around him and asked to invest. Kim subsequently learnt it was a scam and he lost billions to fraudulent investments. He did not disclose when he was scammed and how much he lost in total.