This fake Twitter spam leads to a fake pharmacy at medsdose.com but it could easily be adapted for malware.
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:43:05 +0000
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medsdose.com is hosted on 95.168.193.182 in the Czech Republic, this IP is used for several fake pharma sites and can be safely blocked.
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I got a fake email with the same link claiming I had missed friend requests on Facebook. Luckily I didn’t click on it and have now blocked it but it was very realistic and looked every bit as though it came from Facebook.