Middle Eastern Princes and Married Women Are Controversial for Fraud, as They Say They Sell Luxury Goods
Dec 20, 2024
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According to the Hong Kong media South China Morning Post, the SNS accounts of Chinese female influencers who used to call themselves `Middle East Princess' were recently blocked.
Luo Jiaarin, who has 100,000 followers on social media 'The Wooin', posted a video of him hugging an Arab-looking man in front of a luxurious villa, dressed in an elegant gold evening dress and colorful necklace.
She is a Saudi Arabian royal whose husband is wealthy and influential. I'm a little over four months pregnant now" he said.
She also claimed that she was selling hundreds of millions of dollars worth of assets in China at a loss as she planned to move to Saudi Arabia with her husband soon.
In the meantime, he sold a variety of items such as 'French perfume' and 'British royal laundry detergent' through live broadcasts on social media. Most of them were cheap at less than 50 yuan (about 10,000 won).
Some netizens said, `Why are the prince and princess selling ordinary goods instead of luxury goods?," he said, expressing doubts about the product.
Luo kicked these doubters off the air.
Another female influencer said she lives with 'Prince Dubai' and will soon get divorced, selling a variety of items.
She sold 300 pairs of 6 yuan (about 1,200 won) stockings on social media live, and received more than 1,000 orders for 2kg of 'UK laundry detergent' for 6.99 yuan each.
However, they were found to have hired foreigners who looked like Middle Easterners to impersonate princes and princesses and sell low-quality products. Eventually, all accounts were blocked and the product list was also deleted.
Details of the punishment have yet to be released.
A Middle East friendly group said none of the Arab country's royals had been approved for live streaming sales in China.
Criticism poured in online that they should be punished strongly.
Netizens are using fans' respect and curiosity for the successful and wealthy elite", "I bought a 30 yuan (about W6,000) perfume from a so-called Middle Eastern princess, and it smelled awful.", Comments such as `Don't be deceived by the new scam' are posted.
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