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Mon, December 4, 2023 | 12:02
Pretend woman charged with defrauding 'boyfriends'
'오빠 나몰라?' 여자행세 4년간 용돈굳혀
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Police have arrested a man who pretended to be a woman and then allegedly tricked her online "boyfriends" into sending money," Yonhap news reports.


According to Busan Nambu police, the man, 22, surnamed Lee, falsely obtained more than two million won.

The suspect put a woman's picture on messenger profiles and used voice modifying programs to add credibility, police said.

Police tracked down his phone number after receiving a call from a "boyfriend," worrying that his girlfriend was about to commit suicide.

Police have charged Lee with fraud.


'오빠 나몰라?' 여자행세 4년간 용돈굳혀

건장한 남자가 무려 4년간 미모의 여자 행세를 하면서 남자 대학생에게 돈을 뜯다가 경찰에 덜미를 잡혔다.

2일 부산 남부경찰서에 따르면 부산의 모 대학 4학년인 A(25)씨는 지난 3월 7일 오전 1시께 112에 전화를 걸어 다급한 목소리로 '여자친구가 자살하려고 한다'며 도움을 요청했다.

경찰은 곧바로 A씨가 알려준 전화번호로 연락을 시도했고, '권OO'이라는 이름을 쓴 상대방은 수차례 전화를 받지 않았다.

마음이 급해진 경찰은 A씨에게 권씨의 인적사항과 주소 등을 물었지만, A씨가 아는 것은 22세인 권씨가 커피숍에서 아르바이트하는 미모의 여성이라는 게 전부였다.

A씨는 당시 '2010년 1월께 한 인터넷 게임 사이트에서 권씨를 알게 돼 4년간 전화통화나 사회관계망서비스(SNS)로 교제했지만 한 번도 만나지는 못해 주소를 모른다'며 발을 동동 굴렀던 것으로 알려졌다.

이러는 사이 권씨는 경찰관에게 '남자친구에게 장난을 쳤을 뿐이나 신경 쓰지 않아도 된다'는 문자 메시지를 보냈다.

그러나 권씨의 휴대전화 번호 명의자는 이모(22)씨로 남자였다.

이를 이상하게 여긴 경찰은 이씨를 찾아갔고, 키 175㎝에 몸무게 95㎏가량으로 당시 공익근무요원인 이씨는 '정OO에게 휴대전화 명의를 빌려줬을 뿐 모르는 일'이라고 말했다.

이 때문에 납치나 감금 가능성을 배제할 수 없게 된 경찰은 권씨를 찾으려고 백방으로 수소문했지만 실패했다.

이씨가 인터넷에서 미모의 여자 사진과 음성변조 프로그램을 이용해 만든 가공의 인물이었기 때문이다.

이 같은 사실을 새까맣게 몰랐던 A씨는 권씨 행세를 하면서 '사채 빚 때문에 몸을 팔아야 할지도 모른다'는 등의 어려움을 호소한 이씨에게 17차례 200만원을 보냈다.

경찰 조사가 이뤄진 지난 8개월 사이에도 A씨는 '사기일 가능성이 크다'는 경찰의 조언에도 '그럴 리가 없다'면서 돈을 보낸 것으로 알려졌다. 

경찰은 최근 이씨의 옛 여자친구에게서 '이씨가 인터넷으로 여자 행세를 하며 장난을 친다'는 진술을 확보하고 이씨를 추궁한 끝에 자백을 받아냈다고 밝혔다.

A씨는 이 같은 사실을 확인하고 한동안 한숨만 내쉬었다고 경찰은 전했다.

경찰의 한 관계자는 'A씨 외에도 이씨의 농간으로 처음에 소액의 돈을 보냈다가 계속되는 요구에 관계를 끊은 남성이 있다'면서 '처음에는 수사팀도 권씨가 실존 인물이 아닌가 헷갈렸다'고 말했다. 

경찰은 이씨를 사기 혐의로 불구속 입건했다.
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