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WARNING: Phishing Scam Spreading on Twitter

WVU “Twitterers” need to be aware of a new phishing scam.  Chris Pirillo posted on Jan. 3 about the problem.

Phishing Scam Spreading on Twitter

A few minutes ago, I received a direct message from one of my twitter followers:

hey! check out this funny blog about you… jannawalitax . blogspot . com

And there’s another one:

Hey, i found a website with your pic on it… LOL check it out here twitterblog . access-logins . com / login

DO NOT VISIT the URL in question. It will redirect you immediately to a suspicious domain: twitter . access-logins . com – notice the subdomain?

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