Comments on: Phishing Scam Links from Twitter Direct Messages

By: Mathdelane

Mathdelane — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:28:01 +0000

@Charles, if you ever come across fake web pages, just don’t continue. On IE, I think it doesn’t display the fake web page, I’m not really so sure because I use OpenDNS but when I tried typing a fake link on my IE8 address bar, it didn’t show the page.

By: Mathdelane

Mathdelane — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:22:33 +0000

@John Samuel
To preview a link, you may have to click it first which means that even if you click on those links, your browser must be securely set up for protected browsing so that you wouldn’t have to worry about anything because somehow, the 140-character limit on Twitter is not going anywhere and that’s the only way it could accommodate more messages.

By: Charles

Charles — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:33:38 +0000

I just got hit by this last month. Received a few 'direct' messages to check out this site. Thankfully the site was already down otherwise I would have fell for it. .-= Charles´s last blog ..First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Extended =-.

By: John Samuel

John Samuel — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:12:11 +0000

If they are using url shorteners to spread these links, then it is really an use. It's better to preview the links before clicking .-= John Samuel´s last blog ..Happy Birthday Firefox! It’s 5 years of Happy Browsing =-.