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Fake Twitter DM emails leads to Canadian Pharma spam

27
Dec
2012

We’re seeing quite a few of these “Can I use your…” style messages arriving in mailboxes, taking the form of fake Twitter DM notifications. The most common fakeouts seem to be asking about videos and photographs.

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Hello,
Can i publish link to your photo on my web page?

Another one says:

Hi.
Can i publish link to your video on my home page?

In both cases, the emails will lead end-users to sites that are most definitely not Twitter. Some of the URLs are offline, but here’s one that is still standing:

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Festive Pharma spam – probably not what you need in your post-Xmas stocking. Do your best to steer clear of these.

Christopher Boyd

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