I got an email from an actor yesterday, I know this has been done a few years ago, bt if someone could put me on the right track I would appreciate it.
the question is; do they write us, or not? I know they are too busy and all, Roowan is now enlisted in the military, so do they have the time, does their “company” allow them to write us? I don’t remember the answers from a few years ago… so if anyone can please let me know. I don’t want to go the wrong way with this… and thanks before hand
I got a message from the real one, he said be careful of this, a lot of scammers on FB and other places, he even invited me to message him. but I think I wont.
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Generally, when guys are in service, they are not writing to anyone. They have little free time, plus they are restricted about what they can do as far as their previous professions go. (K-pop stars and actors have to hang it up while in service. It is all-in to protect the country.) When they do have spare time, they usually spend it on known people.
(Rowoon? is extremely popular) If you received a message out of the blue when you had not established communication earlier, I doubt it is the real person. Perhaps it could be their agency’s ghostwriter answering fan mail. But I am a pessimist about talking to real stars, so I’d think it was more likely a scammer.
But you may be lucky, and it really is Rowoon! 
(mm He is such a handsome man… 
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Be cautious, Catfishing is a real problem in fandoms because so many hopeful people have their heart’s desire to talk with their idols. Never give out personal data or fall for money schemes.
Anyway, this is my opinion because I have never won big on the lottery 
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I would always assume any direct communication from a celebrity is fake as fake could be, especially if it comes unsolicited out of the blue and not through official channels that the agencies have set up. I know the Kpop world has established some programs like Bubble and Weverse (which I think doesn’t exist anymore?) for idols to communicate with fans. I think agencies and the idols themselves would be extremely cautious about communicating in any unofficial capacity. They would be at too much risk, IMO.
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Hmm I can say for sure that this is a scam… They won’t write to anyone. On FB I receive “cute” letters and messages on a daily basis. My favorite is when they are not even in English, because that might make it more believable, but in Hungarian. I’ve heard some horror stories about this. There was one lady who even made weekly video calls to Dylan… because it was definitely him and he even learned Hungarian for her. Today’s technology is very advanced. Everything is imaginable and possible, even things you can’t imagine. The point is, it’s fun to laugh and joke about it, but not to take it seriously in any way! And especially not to give money to the unfortunate “just-struggling” celebrity. Let’s just look at it AI, you want a picture with a “real” celebrity, ask one of the AIs for a free service and boom, in a second they’ll make a picture of you and any celebrity in a picture with you. No big deal. So I’m just saying, be careful, and be smart.
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Just to add to what xialongne said:
If you open these messages and interact with them, there’s a higher chance that you will continue to get messages from these “celebs.” If scammers know that you will interact with them, they will share this information with other scammers so they can try their luck as well. They get very creative with their schemes in order to get your information.
Please be careful @frustratedwriter.
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Yes I have bolcked him and deleated him. thanks yes I should know better, He doesn’t have the time , also he went into the military just recent!!
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Rowoon is not even in the military, he postponed it
But like the others said, never trust sich mails, all fraud.
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anold fable that ought to be passed around again, Dont believe all you hear and believe half what you see. thanks, and didnt know he cnclled his military stint!!
Not so long ago, I posted some remark on some Viki drama on FB, and I got a message from what appeared to be some famous young K-drama star. His profile had 14.5 million followers but it was new, so I digged further and found out that the official account of the actor was not this. So I let FB know, and a couple of days later, they let me know that I was right and they deleted that profile. To be honest, you always get warnings about new profiles with just a couple of friends/followers, so this one was a very well done scam. I just keep wondering how anyone can fake 14.5m followers. If anyone knows, please share, I’m curious. 
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Some scammers buy accounts from others with a lot of followers, so they can use them for scams. There are people who make accounts just so they can grow it as much as possible, to be able to sell it. Others use bots, however, these accounts usually get flagged for unusual activity and might get deleted quickly.
One tip: if you also follow accounts who aren’t people you know, occasionally check if their account is still posting content from that person. Sometimes you might find an account has drastically changed (their account got sold/bought).
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And there are the real people. An actress who is Korean-American and plays on many Korean dramas ACTUALLY wrote our CM about the good work we did. We were freaking out, and it was confirmed by Viki that she indeed was the one and only, and she does watch Viki dramas. We are all now friends with her on her personal FB. She does write to us and talks with us when she can. I’m even friends with her son and daughter who reside in California. I’m not sure if I can give her name out as she is still active and I don’t want her hounded by people in droves all of a sudden.
I even met Christian Yu online, on Twitter, when I lived in Korea. He goes by DPR IAN now. He was still a trainee. Once he became a member of C-Clown, all communication with him was cut off. But before that, when he and a co-trainee, Dabin, had a free day, we met in Yongin at the amusement park. I have pictures with him and Dabin that my husband took. So, things do happen… but it’s almost impossible now.
KPOP, Kdrama, Korea, just Asia in general, is a whole other world compared to 13 years ago when I lived there. Kpop stars were easy to find. Even actors. They were very accommodating to a 40-year-old white woman from the USA.
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