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Web Business by Ken Burbary: Pracitcal Guide to Avoid Twitter Phishing Scams

  • Mike Smith · 11 months ago
    If you use Google Chrome, the sites been reported as a phishing site, so it doesn't show for you even if you click it. Kudos to Google Chrome for having that feature built in.

    Nice round up of tips too. I was also surprised that it took so long for the phishing to occur.
  • Ari Herzog · 11 months ago
    Oh please, Ken, there's nothing wrong with clicking links. The important part is don't enter your personal information into websites where you haven't visited before and/or where a Google/Twitter search indicates contrary advice.
  • Jim Gray · 11 months ago
    Dude!Thanks for the info!
  • chiropractic · 11 months ago
    Excellent advice that can't be discussed enough. Some of us will take this info for granted and forget there are those not yet aware of scam and spam potentials. Thanks for making the explanation simple and to the point.
  • Josh Peters · 11 months ago
    Use common sense. If you're in Twitter (or a Twitter service like Twhirl) and you click a link that then asks you to sign in to Twitter (which you were already signed into) don't do it. Also look at the URL, If it's not twitter.com (or what ever it's pretending to be) then don't use it. If you have signed into a site at least once then you know it's www.siteilike.com and not siteilike.signin-access.com
  • hillary hartley · 11 months ago
    Just FYI none of the tools you mention (Twittergrader, Qwitter, Twittercounter) are a risk since they don't ask for your password.
  • Ken Burbary · 11 months ago
    Thank you for pointing that out. I've updated the post to reflect only 3rd party Twitter sites that ask for both username and password
  • hillary hartley · 11 months ago
    Cool, Ken. You might also want to re-phrase the part about notifying Twitter so the offending accounts can be blocked or deleted. Many of the accounts are "normal" twitter users who have no idea their account has been hijacked. (It's similar to spammers sending email from any email account they want.)

    If you get a DM, you might try sending them an @ message to see if they reply, letting them know they should change their password. That should fix it for them.
  • Ken Burbary · 11 months ago
    Noted. And updated. Thanks for helping improve this guide.
  • Twitter_Tips · 11 months ago
    DON'T notify twitter in the present case! Notify the poor person who only has to change their password to take back control
  • Ken Burbary · 11 months ago
    Notifying them the account has been hijacked, so they can work to restore it. Not to label the account as Twitter spam
  • Hubert Sawyers III · 10 months ago
    Hey Ken, I meant to say thanks for this post as I sent this to many of my Tweeps as they wondered about all the weird activity going on in the Twitterverse. So thanks and see you at the next Tweetup!
  • Dr David Black · 7 months ago
    What am I doing ?
    Good question !
    I am helping my patients get better through chiropractic.
    Dr.David Black
    www.blackchiropractic.com.au