Careful Out There: Scammers Want to Hijack Your Twitter Account

Ben Parr over at Mashable has some very important words of caution for us today regarding Twitter:

We’ve received multiple reports (and multiple direct messages) that phishers are trying to steal account info by appealing to your lust for money. We’re seeing multiple DMs with phrases such as “I made $426.23 online today with [link]” and “I make money online with google. i learned how here [link].”

For the uninitiated, here’s what this means: There are bad guys out there trying to get you to click on their links. When you do so, it directs you to a site that tries to fool you into giving up your Twitter password. When you do, the spammer takes over your account and then uses it to spread the link. It’s a little like the zombie outbreak that we’ve been planning for for years.

It’s really too bad. Between this and people who spam random links to their businesses and products to everyone who follows them, direct message on Twitter is pretty much useless. If you are able to eke some functionality out of it, please remember: this is no different than email. If someone sends you a link, and you don’t know and trust them, DON’T click!

Read the full article here:
WARNING: Twitter Money Scams Spreading Through DMs (Mashable)