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Woman Sends Money To Stranded Astronaut So He Can 'Buy More Oxygen'

An 80-year-old pensioner in Hokkaido, Japan, was tricked into sending roughly 1 million yen (about $6,700) to a man she believed was an astronaut stranded in space. He claimed his ship was under attack and he urgently needed oxygen. That’s part of a romance scam revealed this week. (And yes, it’s as absurd as it […] The post Woman Sends Money To Stranded Astronaut So He Can ‘Buy More Oxygen’ appeared first on Wonderful Engineering.
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Wonderful Engineering broke the news in on Monday, September 15, 2025.
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