Comments on: How to protect your Twitter account from Scammers

By: RaiulBaztepo

RaiulBaztepo — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:00:09 +0000

Hello!
Very Interesting post! Thank you for such interesting resource!
PS: Sorry for my bad english, I’v just started to learn this language
See you!
Your, Raiul Baztepo

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» When do you RT on Twitter? - TwitBacks.com Blog — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:11:42 +0000

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By: Rajesh Pancholi

Rajesh Pancholi — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:07:56 +0000

Thanks fopr taking the time to create this little article, much appreciated….

R27

By: René Silva

René Silva — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:44:40 +0000

Does anyone remember TweetRank?, the service claimed it didn’t save usernames nor passwords, but it was pretty obvious that it was a scam. Twitter should advice everyone not to give usernemas and passwords to any untrusted Twitter app.
Thanks for the advice

By: CalgaryRealtor

CalgaryRealtor — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:37:40 +0000

Given the huge number of 3rd party twitter pages (offering everything from Tweet stats to auto-responses to custom BGs) I’m surprised it took so long for this scale of phishing scam.

How many of YOU enter your tweet id/pswd without even giving it a second thought?

@CalgaryRealtor

By: Twittonary

Twittonary — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:39:42 +0000

Great post and most helpful. I have noticed a large number of DM’s from my followers who seemed to have been hacked- its more like a virus. Best just to delete them all.

I have also noticed the link changing several times, but all are trying to get you to click over to something either way. One follower noted that his Firefox was blocked after he had clicked on a link as well.. not sure if it was from the same thing, but sounded pretty harsh. Best to just be careful. Thanks again for posting this!

By: TwitBacks

TwitBacks — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:29:51 +0000

Thanks Carole. The more places it can be posted the better. If people know what to look for then the spread of these phishing scams won’t be so wide spread.

By: Carole

Carole — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:15:10 +0000

I am going to post this on my ning group and my blogs. Thanks for this!

Carole

By: TwitBacks

TwitBacks — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:34:20 +0000

Outstanding suggestions Michael!

@brandyellen by replying to those who have been hacked is a great way to help end this.

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Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:05:42 +0000

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By: @brandyellen

@brandyellen — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:26:06 +0000

Great post! I also recommend changing your password if you were hacked into. I have been @replying to those who sent me suspicious DM’s.

I have 2 blogspot Blogs so it stinks for me that ppl are doing this!

By: Michael E. Carluen

Michael E. Carluen — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:40:54 +0000

To TwitBacks Team, Thanks for putting this blog post together. Your suggestion on doing some RESEARCH before using apps IS VERY IMPORTANT. In addition to what you have said, I recommend:

First: Google, Google, GOOGLE the (Twitter app) website’s name. Many are legit, but others may not. If its not, someone would have blogged about it already.

Second: check the about page, and look for real people. Any proud developer/founder will post their real identities behind their product. Get to know by Google-ing their bios too.

Third: The sites Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and FAQ page must spell-out exactly what the site is doing with your Twitter credentials.

Hope that helps everyone,

Michael E. Carluen