SCRUFF scam in Japan

[jhny17]

Not sure if this is the correct topic section, please advise. 

I recently left Japan; I was in the Tokyo/Kanagawa area. Before I left, I received a message on SCRUFF from the guy in the photos attached. He’s very handsome, but I assume this is not him (does anyone recognize who he is?) He went by “Kevin” and claimed to be from Kobe but living in Yokohama. 

After a day or two of chatting, he asked me for my WhatsApp but I didn’t want to give it out since it’s attached to my phone number, so I connected with him on the LINE app. After some more chatting, I felt something was a bit off, so I asked if he was on any social media. He gave me his X (Twitter). It seemed legit at first glance with photos, tweets, and replies  

I left Japan and we continue to chat for a a couple more days. During this week of sporadic communication, he had mentioned working in the banking industry (now construction), but still involved in investments and crypto. I already had my suspicions, but constant talk or questions about investments was an obvious red flag. When I changed the subject because I didn’t want to talk about money, he got more aggressive about “returning to the topic”. He had even sent screenshots of a supposed investment he just did and the massive ROI. I started to look up anything relating to the information I could see on these screenshots. The results on the url and domain returned as suspicious and fake, which were to be expected. When I started asking him more questions, he got “upset” that I changed my tone and stopped talking to me lol. 

Anywho, just be cautious out there because I continued looking more into this and apparently it’s a big thing happening. This is the first time I’ve experienced it. 

[BenjaminNYC]

Whenever they start talking about investments, crypto and huge returns, I tune out immediately.  Huge red flag.  

[jhny17]

At first it was subtle because he was talking about his employment (current and former), so I let it slide. But the moment he brought it up again, I was like “oh no”.