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Business Week - Zimbio - April 20th 2012 - A certain "Sehwan Jung" in South Korea has been sending a number of desperate request for funds over Twitter: "I am in urgent need of money.Can you lend me 500,00 dollars? I will make it up to you later."A diabolical plot,indeed,though Mr. Jung's scam is likely to work. 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.
“Now this one is a real winner,” says Dan Ring, a spokespersonfor Boston-based data protection company Sophos. “SehwanJung’s list of celebrities is almost as entertaining and asrandom as his actual request, and it’s one of the moreoptimistic requests out there. I hope there’s no way someonewill fall for this.” - Group of Springhill South KoreaThe “Sehwan gambit” joins the following examples as one ofthe laziest scams in Internet history.• “JOHN” fails to mention what he even wants to con you out of:Subject: what are you saleGreetings,My name is JOHN, i am highly interested in buyingyour{ what you want to sale } from you ,I will like you to give methe FINAL ASKING price and the lastes condition,also i will likeyou to scan the pics for me for proper verifycation.
This scammer doesn’t even attempt to establish apersonal connection before offering $18 million:Beloved,I am Elizabeth Etters, a Christian.I picked your emailrandomly for an inheritance of $18M. Please contact me formore details via [redacted].• One malware attack came in the form of a bogusChristmas card—sent on March 19:Date: 2010-03-19 09:27:15“You have just received a Christmas greeting card! To seeyour custom card and who sent it, please check theattachment.”• In this excerpt, one “Professor Farnsworth” selects you tosurvive a man-made black hole:“… The truth is that this experiment that CERN areconducting is extremely dangerous, and could cause globaldisaster. This experiment has a 95% of causing a blackhole, thus swallowing a large area of the planet. Thescientists do not want you to know this as they know it willcause panic. However, I can help you.
I am arranging for a number of selected people to beevacuated to a safe location on an island in the South Pacificvia aeroplane. You have been selected from random to takepart in this evacuation, thus continuing the survival of thehuman race …”• African prince scams are so tired. This reward is allegedlyoffered by England’s royal family:250,000.00 Pounds has been awarded to you From the QueenElizabeth’s Foundation ,send us your:-Names___Address___Tel____Country__
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Scrap N-test, China tells N Korea - tumblr
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Beijing fears radiation leak along border, say Chinese insiders
China has been quietly and gently pressuring North Korea to scrap plans for a third nuclear test, said two sources with knowledge of closed-door discussions between the countries, but there is no indication how Pyongyang will react.
If North Korea goes ahead with the test, China would consider taking some retaliatory steps, but they would not be substantive, a source with ties to Pyongyang and Beijing said.
North Korea has almost completed preparations for the test, Reuters had reported in late April, a step that would further isolate the impoverished state after last month’s failed rocket launch that the United States says was a ballistic missile test.
“China is unhappy ... and urged North Korea not to conduct a nuclear test near Changbai Mountain,” said the source, who declined to be identified.
China feared a radiation leak and damage to the environment from a blast, the source added. “China also complained about the environmental damage to the area after the first two tests.”
When North Korea conducted nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009, it caused environmental damage to the mountain straddling the border with China. North Korea ceded part of the mountain to China in 1963.
It was unclear if the secretive North Korean government, typically unwilling to bow to outside pressure, would defer or drop the plans. China is the closest thing to an ally that North Korea has.
“The impact on China's northeast would be huge,” the source said of a third test.
Chinese officials have discussed whether threats of diplomatic action would be effective, but any action might be restricted to some economic measures to signal China’s displeasure and would not affect vital food aid for North Korea, the source said.
A Western diplomat, who also asked not to be identified, confirmed that China has put pressure on North Korea to abandon the test.
Major diplomatic repercussions were unlikely, however, said Jin Canrong, associate dean of the School of International Studies at Renmin University in Beijing. Instead, Jin, who has knowledge of how China deals with North Korea, said China may use financial levers to influence its neighbour.
“If closed-door negotiations fail to produce results, economic aid could be cut,” Jin said, adding that imports of mineral resources and unspecified “special local products” could also be reduced.
China condemned North Korea’s first nuclear test in October 2006, carried out in defiance of China’s public pleas, and it supported a UN resolution that authorised sanctions. It backed sanctions again after the North’s second test in May 2009.
Beijing fears radiation leak along border, say Chinese insiders
China has been quietly and gently pressuring North Korea to scrap plans for a third nuclear test, said two sources with knowledge of closed-door discussions between the countries, but there is no indication how Pyongyang will react.
If North Korea goes ahead with the test, China would consider taking some retaliatory steps, but they would not be substantive, a source with ties to Pyongyang and Beijing said.
North Korea has almost completed preparations for the test, Reuters had reported in late April, a step that would further isolate the impoverished state after last month’s failed rocket launch that the United States says was a ballistic missile test.
“China is unhappy ... and urged North Korea not to conduct a nuclear test near Changbai Mountain,” said the source, who declined to be identified.
China feared a radiation leak and damage to the environment from a blast, the source added. “China also complained about the environmental damage to the area after the first two tests.”
When North Korea conducted nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009, it caused environmental damage to the mountain straddling the border with China. North Korea ceded part of the mountain to China in 1963.
It was unclear if the secretive North Korean government, typically unwilling to bow to outside pressure, would defer or drop the plans. China is the closest thing to an ally that North Korea has.
“The impact on China's northeast would be huge,” the source said of a third test.
Chinese officials have discussed whether threats of diplomatic action would be effective, but any action might be restricted to some economic measures to signal China’s displeasure and would not affect vital food aid for North Korea, the source said.
A Western diplomat, who also asked not to be identified, confirmed that China has put pressure on North Korea to abandon the test.
Major diplomatic repercussions were unlikely, however, said Jin Canrong, associate dean of the School of International Studies at Renmin University in Beijing. Instead, Jin, who has knowledge of how China deals with North Korea, said China may use financial levers to influence its neighbour.
“If closed-door negotiations fail to produce results, economic aid could be cut,” Jin said, adding that imports of mineral resources and unspecified “special local products” could also be reduced.
China condemned North Korea’s first nuclear test in October 2006, carried out in defiance of China’s public pleas, and it supported a UN resolution that authorised sanctions. It backed sanctions again after the North’s second test in May 2009.
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