This You??

**no1_vern** · February 24th, 2010, 02:09 PM

Phishing scam - Twitter phishing scam Boing Boing

Cory Doctorow on February 24, 2010 1:50 AM 22 Comments

I just fell for a Twitter phishing scam -- it took the form of a direct message from one of my contacts, with the message "This you????" and a link to a site that prompted me for my Twitter password (which, like an idiot, I entered before noticing that the URL was twitter.scammysite.com; blame it on browsing with a tiny mobile-phone screen while in line at the coffee shop). You have been warned -- stay away from anything that reads "This you????" or "This you in this video????" Hell, I think that a good rule of thumb is to ignore anything that uses multiple question marks for emphasis. Even if it's not a scam, it's probably too dumb to read.

You KNOW if Mr. Doctorow can get tricked then you have got to be on the look out . .

**osprey4** · February 24th, 2010, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by no1_vern

You KNOW if Mr. Doctorow can get tricked then you have got to be on the look out . .

I've never heard of Cory Doctorow, but he's a freakin idiot. But then there has to be someone out there stupid enough to IMMEDIATELY sending his/her password to the first "This you???" message they ever got.

Why would anyone do that? WHY?!?