For one, people can see everything someone sends on Twitter and quickly realize he’s sent the exact same message over and over. For another, he is tweeting almost exclusively to celebrities, including Channing Tatum, Rosario Dawson, Carly Simon, journalist Nicholas Kristof (who today sarcastically answered, “Sure!”), and the foreign minister of Bahrain, Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa

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-- A certain “Sehwan Jung” in South Korea has
been sending a number of desperate requests Group of Springhill South Korea - “Now
for funds over Twitter: “I am in urgent need of this one is a real winner,” says Dan Ring, a
money. Can you lend me 500,000 dollars?I will spokesperson for Boston-based data
make it up to you later.” A diabolical plot, protection company Sophos. “Sehwan
indeed, though Mr. Jung’s scam is unlikely to Jung’s list of celebrities is almost as
work. For one, people can see everything entertaining and as random as his actual
someone sends on Twitter and quickly realize
request, and it’s one of the more
he’s sent the exact same message over and
over. For another, he is tweeting almost
optimistic requests out there. I hope
exclusively to celebrities, including Channing there’s no way someone will fall for this.”
Tatum, Rosario Dawson, Carly Simon,
journalist Nicholas Kristof (who today
sarcastically answered, “Sure!”), and the foreign
minister of Bahrain, Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed
Al Khalifa.

3. The “Sehwan gambit” joins the
• This scammer doesn’t even attempt to
following examples as one of the laziest
establish a personal connection before
scams in Internet history.
offering $18 million:
Beloved,
• “JOHN” fails to mention what he
I am Elizabeth Etters, a Christian.I
even wants to con you out of:
picked your email randomly for an
Subject: what are you sale
inheritance of $18M. Please contact me
Greetings,My name is JOHN, i am
for more details via [redacted].
highly interested in buying your{ what
you want to sale } from you ,I will like
• One malware attack came in the form
you to give me the FINAL ASKING
of a bogus Christmas card—sent on
price and the lastes condition,also i will
March 19:
like you to scan the pics for me for
Date: 2010-03-19 09:27:15
proper verifycation.
“You have just received a Christmas
greeting card! To see your custom card
and who sent it, please check the
attachment.”

4. • In this excerpt, one “Professor
• African prince scams are so
Farnsworth” selects you to survive
tired. This reward is allegedly
a man-made black hole:
offered by England’s royal family:
“… The truth is that this
250,000.00 Pounds has been
experiment that CERN are
awarded to you From the Queen
conducting is extremely dangerous,
Elizabeth’s Foundation ,send us
and could cause global disaster.
your:-
This experiment has a 95% of
Names___
causing a black hole, thus
Address___
swallowing a large area of the
Tel____
planet. The scientists do not want
Country__
you to know this as they know it
will cause panic. However, I can
help you.
I am arranging for a number of
selected people to be evacuated to
a safe location on an island in the
South Pacific via aeroplane. You
have been selected from random
to take part in this evacuation, thus
continuing the survival of the
human race …”