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Twitter account suspension spam could lead to data loss

Published by pratyushkp on June 22nd, 2011 - in Social, Technology

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Have you received an email from Twitter saying that your account has been suspended? Did they ask you to re-verify your account by giving your details to a business partner?

Well, stop right there – and don’t do what the email says, because it’s a scam designed to steal your personal information and make money for fraudsters.

Naked Security reader Bayani was the first of our readers to send us a tip and tell us that they had been on the receiving-end of this particular spam campaign – but it looks as though it has been distributed quite widely via email.

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