Elon must act to stop the tide of frauds swamping Twitter - Ed Sheeran, Bear Grylls, Daniel Radcliffe and Tom Holland have all had their names exploited in scam tweets. So, ironically, has Elon Musk.

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Hey, its me Elong Musk. twottef owner and tesla

I am lost my wallet and need some help buying train ticket home.

Please send me 20 doller google play gift card and when I am home I will repay you million dollars. I will be very graceful

In serious, scammers typically make it fake as shit since the people most likely to be scammed are going to overlook it anyways.

I have read that scammers try to make the scams look fake and crappy because they don't want to entice any actually clever people - that's more trouble than it's worth. These are simple.scams for simple people.

Hi Mom! I was coming home from Mike's and some guy mugged me, and I had the rent money in my pocket! Can you Venmo me $900 real quick? My new email is best.moms.son@gμail.com. I'll pay you back next Friday when I get paid! Love you!

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I got one about as good as that on reddit. I received a series of DMs saying that I could, for $200, get a card recognizing my membership in the Elon Musk fan club.

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