Imagine going to one of China’s biggest KTV nightclubs, and suddenly you meet the love of your life...you eventually decide to get married, except it turns out they never existed in the first place.

KTVs, also known as Karaoke TVs, are usually a place to sing and hang out with friends. However, recently, sketchy activities have flooded China's KTV nightlife industry. Where wealthy second-generation millionaires spend millions of yuan in a single night, lies a world of fake girlfriends, relationships, threats, and even blackmail...

From nightclub hostesses known as "bar girls" who manipulate customers into spending thousands, to romance scams being taught by mentors in classes, the illegal activities get dark real fast...

We uncover the story of Qing Chenjingliang, a former KTV bar scammer who spent two years in prison before becoming a livestreamer to teach her manipulation tactics to netizens, and Lui Cao, a man who lost 390,000 yuan (over $60,000) to a woman he planned to marry, only to discover she'd been using a stolen identity and a fake family story...

The Disturbing “KTV Clubs” of China

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