Twitter Becomes Great Target for Scammers
It seems that the phishing season is at its peak these days. The first to be affected was Facebook but now the scammers set their eyes on another huge trend setter – the already insupportably popular Twitter. It was only natural that an impressive number of users/followers the type Twitter has would eventually attract scams such as the one described below:
A tweet would appear in your stream with the ever enticing OMG I just got over 1000 followers today from http://twittercut.com. Just watch out and don’t click the link. And in case you do just don’t enter your Twitter credentials when you are directed to the site. The account from which it originated has been suspended but it keeps appearing now and then from those who have fallen victim to it.
The problem is that once this sort of accounts gets out in the wild there’s not much you can do to stop them. The safest way around them is double checking when clicking a link. Then there is the matter of what third party applications you can really trust since the scene is getting crowded with them and considering that all of them try to simplify registration by just asking you to use our Twitter login information. So watch out you Twitters you!
