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Jack Laurence

πŸ‘€ Speaker
2174 total appearances

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What I survived
North Korean Crypto scam? P1

you know, your pictures or whatever.

What I survived
North Korean Crypto scam? P1

I've had that happen.

What I survived
North Korean Crypto scam? P1

I mean, I think, you know, I think I even had that happen in the US once.

What I survived
North Korean Crypto scam? P1

So we go through, and I didn't realize this at the time, but we were told as soon as we got to the hotel, one of the gentlemen on the trip, who's an Argentinian gentleman, who becomes very interesting in this case later on, and I've never revealed this, this is an exclusive view.

What I survived
North Korean Crypto scam? P1

He decided to bring in, let's just say a, how would you describe this?

What I survived
North Korean Crypto scam? P1

A home video of a pornographic nature.

What I survived
North Korean Crypto scam? P1

which he had deliberately tried to hide on his laptop as some sort of game he was playing with the North Korean authorities.

What I survived
North Korean Crypto scam? P1

Definitely not the start to the trip you would want.

What I survived
North Korean Crypto scam? P1

A word of warning to anyone who might be considering travelling to North Korea, this is not a place that you want to try and test the authorities.

What I survived
North Korean Crypto scam? P1

And this little stunt pulled by Mr Porno meant that the entire group now was placed under suspicion.

What I survived
North Korean Crypto scam? P1

So the way it works is exactly like any documentary you've seen.

What I survived
North Korean Crypto scam? P1

So you have three guides with you, you have one senior guide, who was actually a really nice bloke, well he was very nice to us anyway,

What I survived
North Korean Crypto scam? P1

He was a guy who spoke, it was very interesting, because I speak Spanish, so a lot of the group didn't.

What I survived
North Korean Crypto scam? P1

Apart from this, actually, this Argentinian bloke is the only other one who can speak to the guy properly.

What I survived
North Korean Crypto scam? P1

So he spoke Spanish with a very, very strong Bolivian accent.

What I survived
North Korean Crypto scam? P1

And he told me he'd lived in Bolivia.

What I survived
North Korean Crypto scam? P1

Really fascinating guy.

What I survived
North Korean Crypto scam? P1

He said he spent most of his life running a shop in Bolivia.

What I survived
North Korean Crypto scam? P1

So essentially, he said, look, this is the deal.

What I survived
North Korean Crypto scam? P1

We're taking all your passports away now, because you're under suspicion because of Mr. Porno.