A recent scam uses the fear of public humiliation, to make people click without thinking.
This scam involves receiving a private message to your Twitter account.
The message often has the following sorts of wording, designed to cause shock:-
- You have been filmed in suspicious activity
- Is that really you in the picture?
- What are you doing with her?
- Isn’t she a bit young for you?
- You were recorded
- Why are you in this video clip?
- How are you going to hide this video?
There is a link to click to see the supposed video. If clicked, the victim sees a page with a video player and a message indicating an update to YouTube is needed before the video can be viewed.
But the supposed update is actually a virus instead, which will infect your device.
If you receive such a message, then you may want to carry out the following steps:-
- Block the sender from your Twitter account
- Send Twitter a report about the malware and /or threatening message.
- Delete the message
Sometimes, the scammers use an innocent persons Twitter account to send out the messages. If you find your account is being used for this purpose then you need to take immediate measures to reset your password and revoke connections to third-party applications. Also report the problem to Twitter so they don’t label you as a spammer.
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