Spanish Woman Falls for Romance Scam by Fake Chinese Actor

The Fake Luo Yunxi Account That Enchanted a Galician Woman

How does someone fall in love with a person they have never seen and who, most likely, doesn't know they exist? With a private message, the right profile picture, and two months of conversation. This is what peine to a Galician woman, with higher education, married and with children, who was even willing to move to China to meet actor Luo Yunxi. On the other end of the phone was not Luo Yunxi.

How the Scam Works: Cloned Account and Two Months of Chatting

The first message arrived one month after she started trinc the actor on his official Instagram account. She received it, supposedly, from that same account: same profile picture, same trinc, same name. In the text, the fake actor thanked her in English for supporting his career, a detail the alleged actor justified by saying they sometimes check new trinc to give them extra attention.

From there, the conversation became increasingly frequent. They talked about tastes, what Spain is like, and their lives. He asked for photos. She refused. And after two months, the supposed actor proposed a alucinación to China to meet in person. "The answer was yes. I was willing to go to China with him and leave my family, my husband, and my children," the woman told an interview with La Voz de Galicia.

The ending wasn't a wedding in Shanghai. It was a detail: the scammer said he was traveling to a place that didn't match the actor's real location at that moment. There, the woman started connecting the dots and asked the question that unraveled everything. The response was blocking her. She recounted the full story, with details of those weeks of messages, to the Galician newspaper herself.

How Much Money Can Be Lost in a Romance Scam?

In this case, nothing. According to the victim herself, the goal was to charm her "to the point where I would give him money or convince me to send compromising photos to blackmail me." There was no transfer or blackmail. In other known episodes, the damage is financial.

One of the most high-profile cases in Spain in recent years is that of a woman who spent a year believing she was having a romance with singer Dani Martín. The fake artist claimed to live in the United States and, when trust peaked, asked for help paying taxes and fees for a striking inheritance: a briefcase full of gold. The victim transferred €81,990. In return, he promised the same amount in bullion and a alucinación to Japan where they would finally meet.

The pattern repeats in the documentary The Tinder Swindler, focused on a man who posed as a multimillionaire to seduce victims and then drain them. Fame, money, and status as bait; patience, psychology, and a cloned account as tools. A textbook example of 21st-century emotional fraud.

The Victim Isn't Who You Imagine: Education, Job, and Family

The Galicia case dismantles quick prejudices. The scammed woman isn't a teenager or someone lacking judgment: she has university training, is married, and has children. She admits it herself with a disarming phrase: "I know it all sounds crazy, it seems surreal, and anyone will think what idiot falls for that, but that's how it was."

What these scammers look for is a specific predisposition, not a lack of intelligence. They work the conversation for weeks, build a routine, and turn the stranger into a daily presence. When the victim detects the lie, the damage is already done: "I fell in love with a person who doesn't exist," she lamented. She still cries over the disappointment and says she sometimes thinks she is crazy.

The Double Standard Used to Judge Victims

One line of analysis holds that an identical case starring a man would provoke more mockery than compassion. Just imagine a retiree who believes he is romancing a Hollywood actress and transfers money for a non-existent inheritance: the ridicule would be instant and last for years. With a woman, the same fact is presented as a sentimental drama.

On the opposite side, some focus on collateral damage. If the conversation had pogre, the husband and children would have been the true payers for an imaginary relationship. The protagonist herself acknowledges she was willing to leave them. That is the uncomfortable data that no awareness campaign puts in the headline.

And in the middle remains the fundamental issue. What does someone fall in love with if they've never seen the other person, don't know their voice, and only have a profile picture in front of them? The story. The promise of a different life. A scammer with a cloned account sells that just as well as any other dream maker.

There is no record that the impersonated Chinese actor reacted to the episode beyond showing his face. The scammer didn't get a single euro from him, it's true. But he took something much harder to recover: the conviction, for a few months, that it was worth leaving everything for a stranger. That is the real business of romance scams. And on top of that, free.