Twitter Phishing DM Scam

This story is really very interesting and the best part is, it’s real. I was a little downcast yesterday and going through my mails and I saw that I got a bunch of mails from twitter that I got a lot of DM’s (direct messages), I started reading and replying them and came across a weird DM having a link:-

haha. This you???? http://tr.im/PyJN

Here’s the orignal message:-

I clicked on it, and FireFox raised a warning:-

It brought a smile on my face rather than disappointment and I bounced back. I got something to play with. I clicked

ignore this warning

and visited to that site. You can’t believe what I said when I looked at it:-

I said:- ho hooooooooo, what a site

You also have a look:-

The site was really a clone of Twitter.com and looking for my password to proceed.

But I was smart enough, I didn’t enter any of my details. I request everyone please stay away from these forgery sites and never enter any of your details like username, password etc…

I’m pretty much sure that the user who sent me the message isn’t involved in it and surely his twitter account is being used by any of those sites or software which he is using for sending DM’s or managing twitter account.

 
I got few other messages from different users as well:-

This you???? http://tr.im/PyK5

This you???? http://www.hurl.ws/c240

and it was the same site.

When I asked Anna that have you ever got this kind of DM ? Her answer was:-

Recently I also got the same message but I didn’t fell on it

 
So before I wind up I want to give you few quick tips, which will really help you to camouflage your twitter account from phishing sites:-

1. Never enter your twitter password to any site unless you’re sure that the site is secure enough. If possible use those twitter related sites which uses Oauth method for connection.

2. If you’re already using any twitter service or software, make yourself sure that the service or software must be reliable and keep checking your sent folder every other day to ensure yourself that everything is alright. If you find any sent message which you didn’t send it then immediately change your password and apply 4th step (read below).

3. Time to time keep changing your twitter password for your account security.

4. In your Twitter account there is a Settings option go to it and click on Connections then check all site names and revoke access from those sites which you’re not using any more or find insecure.

I’m sure this information will help you in someway and tell us your experiences as well. Have you got any messages so far ?

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