Kim Jong-kook Recalls Experience Of Being Scammed, “I Lost Several Billion Won”
Singer Kim Jong-kook talked about his experience of being a victim of a scam in the recent episode of “My Little Old Boy”
SBS’s “My Little Old Boy” broadcast on June 9th showed actor Choi Jin-hyuk inviting role model Kim Jong-kook and Lee Sang-min to his house.
Choi Jin-hyuk expressed his frustration, saying “I think I’ve begun to have the image of a person who doesn’t know anything about finance”. He added, “I received a lot of SNS messages asking me to invest. Many even ask me to lend them money”.
In response, Kim Jong-kook said he also received messages asking him to lend money. When Lee Sang-min asked, “Have you never been scammed?”, Kim Jong-kook surprised everyone as he replied, “Many times”.
Kim Jong-kook then shared, “Despite a hundred warnings here and there, I didn’t get swayed. But when people around me said I should invest, I seriously considered it and invested. I invested several billion won. I thought it was okay to do so but it turned out that it wasn’t a good idea at all. After that experience, I decided not to care about money that is not earned through hard work”.
Choi Jin-hyuk reflected on himself, saying “I think I’ve been relieving stress by spending money”. Watching the conversation from the studio, MC Ahn Young-mi commented, “I feel like I’m watching my husband talking”, adding “My husband gets rid of stress by buying small things because they’re kinda cheap. At one point, packages just piled up in front of my house. The point is he doesn’t open all of them and some are still left unopened with full tags”.
