Catch Him if You Ken: The Dating Scammer Who Targeted Influencers

Chameleon

Audiochuck | Campside Media

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 8.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The story of a mild-mannered guy who charmed his way into the lives—and bank accounts—of women on two continents by posing as a wealthy heir with big crypto dreams. But Ken’s real talent isn’t getting your money — it’s disappearing before anyone can prove what he’s done. To listen to Natalie and Abukar’s podcast: Catch Me If You Ken "

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0:00.0	Campside Media.
0:05.3	Hello?
0:06.2	What is this?
0:06.9	What do you want me to say?
0:08.6	Oh, it's just a...
0:10.0	Camelian.
0:11.3	Camillion weekly.
0:12.8	Oh.
0:15.0	It's your typical modern dating story.
0:17.4	Boy meets girl on an app.
0:19.6	It was the fall of 2021 2021 and a young German student,
0:22.8	Will Call Sophie, was studying abroad in New York City. Sophie, who asked to be anonymous in this story,
0:29.0	was an influencer, and she was good at it. She was also into crypto investment, which,
0:34.2	combined with her work on social media, was making her quite a lot of money.
0:39.7	Sophie was new to the city and wanted to meet people, so she got in a dating platform and a few
0:43.6	weeks later, matched with a nerdy-seeming older guy named Ken Yenai.
0:49.0	Ken said that he'd moved from Japan to work as a programmer at Google.
0:53.1	He was 13 years Sophie's senior, but he seemed nice and non-threatening.
0:58.0	He's relatively short and he sort of has this baby face.
1:02.0	That's Natalie Robamed, a journalist and podcast host.
1:06.0	She interviewed Sophie for a podcast last year.
1:08.0	Sometimes he has kind of a beard that's a little longer,
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