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		<title>Another Twitter Identity Theft Scam</title>
		<link>http://suckerbait.info/another-twitter-identity-theft-scam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Counsel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BotNets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hacker attacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Identity Theft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keyloggers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malware]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Scams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phishing scams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[identity theft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just noticed this scam this morning, although I suspect it’s not exactly a new one.

It’s a basic phishing scam that seeks to steal your Twitter ID and related information.

As usual, the superficial giveaways are...

    * Poor English — really simple mistakes in grammar, syntax and spelling.
    * Easily-checked fake links — just hover your mouse over the fake Twitter link to see the REAL destination URL.
    * Meaningless links — not your real Twitter user name.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just noticed this scam this morning, although I suspect it’s not exactly a new one.</p>
<p>It’s a basic phishing scam that seeks to <strong>steal your Twitter ID</strong> and related information.</p>
<p>As usual, the superficial giveaways are&#8230;</p>
<ul>
<li>Poor English — really simple mistakes in grammar, syntax and spelling.</li>
<li>Easily-checked fake links — just hover your mouse over the fake Twitter link to see the REAL destination URL.</li>
<li>Meaningless links — not your real Twitter user name.</li>
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<p><a href="http://suckerbait.info/2010/07/10/another-twitter-identity-theft-scam/ss-faketwitter/" rel="attachment wp-att-137" ><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-137" title="ss-faketwitter" src="http://suckerbait.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ss-faketwitter.png" alt="" width="500" height="337" /></a>Please pass this on to your friends, colleagues, family, etc who use Twitter. Share it online using the button below.</p>
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		<title>Webmail Service Provider scam</title>
		<link>http://suckerbait.info/webmail-service-provider-scam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 18:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Counsel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adware]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Keyloggers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malware]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Scams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phishing scams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trojans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viruses and Worms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[identity theft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[webmail]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here's a variation on the “Please view my resume” and “Amazon shipping label” scam: it's a message, supposedly from your webmail provider (absolute proof that it's a scam in my case, because I'm  the webmail provider!) requiring you to re-validate your — unspecified — account by opening the attachment.

Yeah… right.

In this case, it's a straight phishing scam aimed at stealing your identity and your webmail account, wherever you have that webmail account (your workplace, Hotmail, Yahoo, etc).

The usual story still applies: poor English, literal spelling and grammatical mistakes, etc. Here’s an example of the spam message:]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://suckerbait.info/2010/05/24/webmail-service-provider-scam/scum-bug/" rel="attachment wp-att-98" ><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-98" style="margin-right: 12px;" title="scum-bug" src="http://suckerbait.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/scum-bug.jpg" alt="" width="149" height="200" /></a>Here’s a variation on the <em>“Please view my resume”</em> and <em>“Amazon shipping label”</em> scam I just received (again): it&#8217;s a message, claiming to be from my <strong>webmail provider</strong> (absolute proof that it&#8217;s a scam in my case, because <span style="text-decoration: underline;">I&#8217;m</span> the webmail provider!) requiring me to re-validate my — unspecified — account by opening the attachment.</p>
<p>Yeah… right.</p>
<p>In this case, it&#8217;s a straight <strong>phishing scam</strong> aimed at <strong>stealing your identity</strong> and your <strong>webmail account</strong>, wherever you have that webmail account (your workplace, Hotmail, Yahoo, etc).</p>
<p>The usual stuff still applies: poor English, literal spelling and really obvious grammatical mistakes, etc.</p>
<p>Here’s an example of the <strong>spam message</strong>:</p>
<p><span id="more-93"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://suckerbait.info/2010/05/24/webmail-service-provider-scam/ss-espscam01-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-96" ><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-96" title="ss-ESPscam01" src="http://suckerbait.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ss-ESPscam011.png" alt="" width="480" height="457" /></a></p>
<p>And here’s what the attachment looks like:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://suckerbait.info/2010/05/24/webmail-service-provider-scam/ss-espscam02-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-97" ><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-97" title="ss-ESPscam02" src="http://suckerbait.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ss-ESPscam021.png" alt="" width="472" height="474" /></a></p>
<p>Don’t be fooled. It<strong>&#8216;s an identity theft scam</strong>. When you try to “log in”, the form content is sent to the scammer. The other links are simply there to make it appear more legitimate.</p>
<p>The first three lines are the only ones that matter.</p>
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