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After a lull of a few months, new Twitter Phishing Scam phrases appear

16 January 2012

On Friday morning I started to get some new Direct Messages on my account (see examples in image) with phrases like: “Want to lose any weight? go here: [link removed] best product for losing weight” And then later, “You seen what this person is saying about you? [link removed] terrible things..” The first one of [...]

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New twitter phishing scam preys on curiosity about criticism

23 July 2011
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I had a direct message from a friend on twitter today asking about a direct message she’d had from someone she followed. The direct message said, “Someone said this real bad thing about you in a blog….[link removed]” If you click the link it takes you to a website at tnijurl.com and then a ‘twitter [...]

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Screencast – MrTweet Communities a Phishing Scam?

31 March 2010

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 [...]

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