TZUYU, "Request 5 million won for wine? Impersonation fraud...Initiate legal action"
May 20, 2025
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On the 19th, Tzuyang posted on her YouTube channel community and said, `Recently, fraud attempts to impersonate me or the filming team have been repeated, so we need special attention from fans and especially self-employed people.'
There are many cases in which Tzuyang asks for millions of won in advance for wine, saying, "Please prepare a high-end wine chateau Margot for filming by impersonating the filming team and contacting restaurants, etc.", he explained.
"In no case shall I or the filming team contact you by requesting the purchase of expensive goods or by requesting money from a particular account. Upon receiving such a call, you should stop responding and suspect that it is fraudulent."," he said.
Based on the currently secured evidence such as call recordings, text message details, and transmission numbers, Tzuyang plans to take strong legal action against impersonators through legal representatives.
Tzuyang said, `I will do my best to prevent further fraudulent damage," he stressed.
The following is the full text of Tzuyang's post.
Hello, I'm Tzuyang.
Today, I'm posting to ask for special attention to fraud impersonating me.
Recently, there have been several very malicious fraud attempts to defraud me or a filming team official, causing damage to people who love my videos and especially business owners who run businesses
The main impersonation method is to contact restaurants under the guise of 'Tzuyang Filming Team', prepare high-priced wines such as 'Shato Margot', inform them that it is the account of a liquor company that Tzuyang usually deals with, and ask them to pre-pay for the wine (e.g., KRW 5 million)."
Me and the shooting team do not, in any case, proceed with the work in the following way or demand money.
You will never force the purchase of certain items (especially expensive alcoholic beverages) or require a first-in-first-out payment to a particular account in connection with filming progress or booking a visit.
All formal business consultations and proceedings are made only through official emails registered on the channel. We do not proceed with SNS messages (DMs), KakaoTalk, text messages, personal mobile phone numbers of unknown sources, etc., and we never request a money transaction even if we contact you through personal contact information.
If you receive the above contact, this is a clear fraud, so please never respond and stop calling or messaging immediately.
Currently, our company is thoroughly reviewing all reports and secured evidence (call transcripts, text messages, transmission numbers, etc.), and we would like to take the strongest legal action against impersonators through legal representatives.
If you receive a call suspected of impersonation or know related information, please actively report it to the agency's official email (gardenm1120@gmail.com ) along with specific evidence such as phone recording, full screen capture of text messages, and caller phone number, it will prevent further damage and help you arrest criminals.
We will do our best to ensure that good bosses do not suffer criminal damage. We ask for your interest and active cooperation.
Thank you.
mj.cho@sportschosun.com
