The standard precautions apply here:

• ALWAYS check the REAL web address of every link in an email like this (hover your cursor over them and wait until the REAL link appears). They will always be deceptive.
• DO NOT respond to these email messages and NEVER click on any of the links. You could end up having your computer infected with malware, adware, keyloggers, trojans, viruses, worms, or find your computer added to a criminal botnet used to spam and phish for identity theft.
• If you’re in any doubt, contact Twitter support at their REAL address (at http://twitter.com).

Here are the WHOIS details for the domain macquinariadonosti.com. Bear in mind that it’s more than likely that the phishing scam gang involved has cracked this domain and inserted the charon.html page without the site owner’s knowledge. This information is published here from the public record in the public interest.

WHOIS information for maquinariadonosti.com :

[Querying whois.verisign-grs.com]
[Redirected to whois.dinahosting.com]
[Querying whois.dinahosting.com]
[whois.dinahosting.com]
Dinahosting Whois server v5
===========================

Domain Name: maquinariadonosti.com

Registrant Contact:
	zigor calero
	maquinaria industrial donosti Sociedad Limitada
	info@maquinariadonosti.com
	paseo ubarburu 53
	san sebastian GUIPZCOA
	20014 ES
	Telf: +34.943472852

Administrative Contact:
	zigor calero
	maquinaria industrial donosti Sociedad Limitada
	info@maquinariadonosti.com
	paseo ubarburu 53
	san sebastian GUIPZCOA
	20014 ES
	Telf: +34.943472852

Technical Contact:
	Rubn Bouso
	Dinahosting
	rbouso@gestiondecuenta.com
	Orfas, 27
	Santiago NA
	15703 ES
	Telf: +34.902090016

Billing Contact:
	Rubn Bouso
	Dinahosting
	rbouso@gestiondecuenta.com
	Orfas, 27
	Santiago NA
	15703 ES
	Telf: +34.902090016

Creation Date: 2006-08-25 09:20:03
Expiration Date: 2011-08-25 09:20:03
Registrar transfer date: 2007-08-17 10:05:02

Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Status: clientTransferProhibited

Dns servers:
	NS.DINAHOSTING.COM
	NS4.DINAHOSTING.COM
	NS3.DINAHOSTING.COM
	NS2.DINAHOSTING.COM

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.

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