Houston, we have a problem… and it’s a fake astronaut! An 80-year-old Japanese woman got starry-eyed over a scammer claiming to be a space-stranded cosmonaut needing cash for oxygen. She sent a cool million yen to keep her “intergalactic beau” breathing, only to realize she’d been mooned by a romance scam. This tale’s got more twists than a sci-fi flick and proves love can make you see stars—literally!
80-Year-Old Woman Scammed Online by Fake Astronaut Who Claimed to Be Stuck in Space