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‘K-wave’ scams exploiting Brazil’s superfans trigger police pact

When Brazilian K-pop fan Tami spotted a social media post last month selling a rare Polaroid photo signed by ZeroBaseOne member Zhang Hao, she jumped at the opportunity.
The seller identified himself as a South Korean named Park Chae-ah, according to the Chosun Daily newspaper. She transferred the money. Then Park switched his account to private and vanished.
Tami* is far from alone.
Across Brazil, home to one of Latin America’s most passionate Korean pop culture communities, scammers have found…

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