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Another Warning from Twitter - This time Direct Messages Are the Culprit

By Stacy Harp

Services for Real Estate Pros with Active Christian Media

September 23, 2009 08:47 AM

Breaking news.... okay, I'm kidding, not really, it is breaking news....

According to READ WRITE WEB there's a new pesky Twitter phishing scheme going on. Personally, the word FISHING is spelled FISHING not phishing, who thought of that anyway. Some person from PHRANCE or some guy having some PHUN.

Speaking of that, a PHRENCH PHRY sounds great right now. Anyway...

Here's the story:

A lot of Twitter users are currently getting this direct message: "rofl this you on here?" and a URL. It's the latest in a series of phishing scams that have been making the rounds on Twitter lately. The link in this message will take you to a Twitter login page that looks almost like the real thing but is actually just a way for the phishers to harvest your login credentials. Once the scammers have access to your account, they will send out more of these messages to your friends.

See the whole article here.

Now wasn't this a phunny article to read?

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John Mulkey

TheHousingGuru.com - Waleska, GA

Housing Guru

Stacy - I have little use for "creeps" who stay awake at night developing schemes to beat the system. I'd love it if someone could develop a system where we could send a jolt of electricity back to those offending computers and blow them up! Perhaps not quite legal, but certainly fun.

Sep 23, 2009 09:12 AM

Stephen Kappre

KW Hometown - Mantua, NJ

Helping You Home

If you take an extra few seconds, you can often tell (feel) that something isn't quite right.

Sep 23, 2009 01:56 PM

Rebecca Gaujot, Realtor®

Lewisburg, WV

Lewisburg WV, the go to agent for all real estate

Hi Stacy, like your take on phunny words. John's comments were quite funny.

Sep 23, 2009 05:38 PM

Terry Miller

Miller Homes Group - Tyler, TX

Miller Homes Group and Tyler Apartment Locator

Death Penalty? I think they should be tracked down and dealt with by a bunch of p%^&off rednecks. Just a thought. LOL

Sep 24, 2009 02:16 AM

Stacy Harp

Active Christian Media - Orange, CA

My husband often has said that criminals take so much time putting together a crime that if they took their evil intentions and put them into something good, the world would be better off.

Sep 24, 2009 11:22 AM

Sidney Kutchuk - Realty Works Temecula Kutchuk - Realty Works Temecula

Realty Works Temecula - Temecula, CA

Realty Works Temecula

Thanks for telling us about this...I won't open up any phony attachments no matter how phony!

Sep 24, 2009 12:23 PM

Missy Caulk

Missy Caulk TEAM - Ann Arbor, MI

Savvy Realtor - Ann Arbor Real Estate

Oh yea, I got hit yesterday, what a headache. I do mean that literally too.

My account was one they hacked and sent out DM's. I spent ALL night trying to get Tweet Deck back up and the DM's deleted.

I"ve been so frustrated haven't logged on Twitter all day.

Sep 24, 2009 01:06 PM

Another Warning from Twitter - This time Direct Messages Are the Culprit

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