Survival often leads to desperate measures. And desperate measures rarely come wrapped in clean, moral choices. It’s in that uneasy gray space that love dares to bloom in the Thai BL My Romance Scammer.

The series throws us straight into a world of wealth, deception, and calculated seduction. Pai and North, heirs to the powerful Jiramongkolthanan empire, find themselves entangled with two men who are not who they claim to be. Yu and Tim enter their lives with one goal: marry into fortune and secure their futures. North secretly weds Yu, only to realize too late that he has signed away part of his assets. Meanwhile, Tim is deep into wedding plans with Pai, carefully balancing charm with manipulation. Love begins as a transaction, but slowly twists into something far more complicated as real feelings begin to grow beneath the lies.

Junior Panachai Sriariyarungruang plays Tim with a warmth that makes every move he makes feel dangerously sincere. Mark Jiruntanin Trairattanayon’s Pai is tender and trusting in a way that sharpens the ache of inevitable betrayal. Ohm Thitiwat Ritprasert as Yu and Poon Mitpakdee as North round out the chaos, delivering a second pairing equally tangled in secrets and vulnerability.

Chaos really is the name of the game here. The first two episodes waste no time setting the scheme in motion. We are dropped directly into the mechanics of the con: staged affection, strategic comfort, carefully curated intimacy. And yet, somewhere between domestic cuddles and soft glances, Tim’s veneer starts to crack in quiet, self-scolding breaths of “Don’t fall for the target.”

The cracks in Tim’s (and Yu’s) armor is what makes My Romance Scammer so easy to get invested in. Even though we don’t have the full story, Tim and Yu’s personal circumstances seem to hint at possible reasons why they chose this path. Their actions are wrong, but they don’t feel empty. It makes them feel less like villains taking advantage and more like two men who stepped into deception and accidentally found something real.

For me, the chemistry is strongest between Junior and Mark. Their shared moments feel natural and emotionally convincing, which makes the setup so effective. If the love feels real, then the betrayal lands twice as hard. And it’s clearly only a matter of time before everything explodes. Especially considering both scammers hired the same woman to play their mother.

My Romance Scammer begins with lies but layers in enough emotional nuance to keep me invested. It’s playful, dramatic, slightly absurd, and quietly building toward something that could hurt in the best way.

For a series that dives headfirst into deception while teasing the possibility of redemption through love, check out My Romance Scammer now on Tencent Video and YouTube. It’s as funny as it is potentially heart-rending.

Rating- 3.5 out of 5