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The Phishing Scam Which Has Twitter Talking

zee Written on 4th January 2009                                                                                                              10 COMMENTS some text
Zee, Editor in Chief at The Next Web, Principal at WeDoCreative.

The Phishing Scam Which Has Twitter TalkingA phishing scam has Twitter talking this evening. Highlighted first by celebrity techie Chris Pirillo, the scam sends you a dm apparently from one of your friends quoting a blogspot URL you just “have to check out!”.

The message should be something along the lines of  “hey! check out this funny blog about you… jannawalitax . blogspot . com”

Clearly, DO NOT visit the URL as it redirects you to a random site with the standard twitter homepage design in the hope that you’ll type in your login detais…again, clearly, DO NOT type in your login details.

According to Pirillo, the phishing domain appears to be registered in China. Time for Twitter to realise it’s not just geek site anymore, they’re breaking the mold and filtering into the mainstream. Unfortunately, mainstream brings in the riffraff too.

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About the author: Based in London, Zee is Editor in Chief at The Next Web and Principal at online marketing and new media agency WeDoCreative . A prominent tech blogger, he is also a design & marketing connoisseur, social media devotee & web application fanatic.

10 comments/trackbacks to “The Phishing Scam Which Has Twitter Talking”

  1. Jan 4, 2009: ZeeDotMe (Zee)

    The Phishing scam which has Twitter talking http://is.gd/evni

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  2. Jan 4, 2009: dpcafe (dpcafe)

    Latest phishing scam targets Twitter users via direct message. http://bit.ly/Iipi

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  3. Jan 4, 2009: graphicidentity (A u d e e)

    RT @dpcafe: Latest phishing scam targets Twitter users via direct message. http://bit.ly/Iipi

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  4. Jan 4, 2009: sofaemployed (Dan Kellner)

    RT @graphicidentity: RT @dpcafe: Latest phishing scam targets Twitter users via direct message. http://bit.ly/Iipi – already got 1 of these

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  5. Jan 4, 2009: DrShock (Walter van den Broek)

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  6. Jan 4, 2009: sethgoldstein (Seth Goldstein)

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  2. By Chris Baskind on Jan 4, 2009

    FWIW, Zee, the actual phishing text now appears to be variable. There’s also a version like this:

    “Hey, I found a website with your pic on it… LOL check it out here http://twitterblog.access-login … ”

    I shortened the URL.

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  3. By Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten on Jan 4, 2009

    The interesting thing is that it isn’t just a phishing effort but almost a true virus. Once you log into the fake Twitter site a DM gets sent to all your contacts. That is the reason why it works so well. I received several DMs from them.

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  4. By Patrick de Laive on Jan 5, 2009

    Yep I received multiple messages too. I now get a reported web forgery screen.

    Reported

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