Twitter Scam Can result Identity theft
As the scam season continues to grip the people in different ways , it becomes very difficult for some one who has been conned, to get rid of as soon as possible. Thus prevention in term of aware and alert citizen is the key factor , one should keep in mind to swiftly beat the scammers .
In latest threat to cyber citizens , internet scam artists are popping up spam emails on twitter , which can target many Carolina residents warns ,Department of Consumer Affair.
The modus operandi is same in which cyber criminals are sponsoring these scam from malicious websites . Here the scam artists pump the fraud posting related to work-at-home scams, pyramid schemes, and timeshare fraud stating “thousands dollars” without work.
Fraudsters are using masquerading tactics by including a link in the post , which directs to scammed websites for more information regarding this million dollar opportunity , in fact which is the fake and fraud technique to trap the people .
The fraud website welcome the user and asks for entering the personal information and uses to steal your identity and invite hackers to access your financial accounts .
Infact scam artists are targeting twitter and flashing spoofed email through twitter where as the email requests “to click on the attached link ” claiming it as some great site .
The link takes you to a site spoofing Twitter’s homepage.
Once you login, the scammer has your user name and password, giving them access to your account and the ability to pose as you. Thus this can certainly lead to Identity theft .
Thus user should be aware of such scam email specifically related to twitter asking for personal information. Because it nothing the but the matter of scam and spam targeting users.
Where as Twitter is good site and never ask for any personal information .
source : scnow.com
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