Screencast – MrTweet Communities a Phishing Scam?

March 31, 2010 · 5 comments

Have you received a direct message on twitter like this:

“I think you have great ideas for the xxx community. Check this out: [LINK]“?

I thought I’d click the link to see what happened, and it wasn’t what I expected.

Mr Tweet appears to be using only these DMs to publicise its new communities. The direct message are so clearly open to misinterpretation, and the interface doesn’t tell you about the community before you have to join it. A communication #fail in my opinion. Do you agree?

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March 31, 2010 at 10:24 am

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1 Alex Albon March 31, 2010 at 10:49 am

I have been hit by these ‘fishy’ phishing looking DMs from some of my Twitter followers regarding a construction community. I was delighted to see that they think that I am an ‘expert’ in construction. But hang on, I don’t fancy dishing out my Twitter password to any Tom, Dick or Harry.

Su has clarrified it here.

It’s probably well intentioned, but a big communication fail I agree

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2 Phil Clark March 31, 2010 at 11:53 am

Absolutely agree and well done for investigating this. Why would you try to build a community behind closed doors and without explaining what it is? Silly.

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3 Phil Clark March 31, 2010 at 1:24 pm

As if by magic, a spam arrives…
.-= Phil Clark´s last blog ..A trip to my local Superhome =-.

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4 Su March 31, 2010 at 1:44 pm

Thanks Phil, just deleted :-)

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