Twitter Spam Links

In the past few hours I’ve received two spam links in Twitter messages (tweets to me, not Direct Messages), having received none for several weeks.  Either this is an odd coincidence or a troubling sign of a sharp increase in the problem.

This quick post will highlight what to look out for, what to check and what to do about spammers on Twitter…

“Osama is alive CNN” Twitter Scam

Screenshot of a scam tweet message

A scam is doing the rounds on Twitter today that attempts to trick unsuspecting peeps into giving up their Twitter credentials.  This is a brief run down of the scam scenario…

Now whether Osama is kicking back in Tijuana at the sea side or whether he’s kicking around Davey Jones’ locker at the sea floor is not in question.  What is important is that CNN (or any other outlets to my knowledge) at this time have not posted any such news article and any links claiming as such are highly likely to be a scam!