“If somebody told me I was going to fall in love with Kdrama, I would have said, ‘You’re nuts.’”

Priscilla Rachun Linn is a 78yearold grandma who became addicted to Korean dramas, also known as Kdramas, after she watched the Netflix series “Navillera.”

She started following her Kdrama crushes on social media and she was flattered when she thought they were sliding into her DMs.

“How special that made me feel! These amazing guys chose me because I am caring, sensitive, discreet and funny — an allaround very special person,” Priscilla wrote in an oped. “And it didn’t hurt that I had recently posted a glamorous photo on Instagram that shaved decades off my age.”

But reality hit Priscilla after she got a DM asking for money from an account that she initially thought was run by actor Ahn Hyoseop from the Netflix show “Business Proposal.” Read more: https://wapo.st/3PDhbah. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK

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