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Account Exceeded Limit A Yahoo email phishing scam is being sent to our in-boxes again.  The email looks like it comes from Yahoo admin and informs you that you need to upgrade your account as you have exceeded your limit of 30GB or you will not be able to send or receive email. This is a phishing scam.   What is a ... Read More »

Another old fraud scam has been found in my inbox for Lloyds TSB bank.  Lloyds TSB was targeted a few years ago with this bogus scam and it looks like the scammers are trying again to extract personal bank details with this phishing email which gives you 24hrs to respond. Phishing email supposedly from Lloyds TSB The fake email says This e-mail has been sent to inform you that your account will be deactivated within the next 24 hours due to several unsuccessful login attemps on your account. ... Read More »

HOTMAIL ALERT I can’t believe this old fake phishing scam to steal your hotmail account is still being sent – its a variation of a spam email from years ago – but this has better English apart from a few spelling mistakes –  and is possibly going to catch more people out. We’ve seen these types of phishing scams on Twitter ... Read More »

There have been an increasing amount of complaints regarding missing dm’s, lost messages, direct messages on Twitter recently and there are likely to be a few more in the next few days. Twitter has deleted some users DM’s – Direct Messages. Its okay, its just a twitter bug, they do know about it …. Twitter Support says Bug Alert: Some ... Read More »

Twitter news… You may have heard that Twitter has launched another change on Twitter.com; I’ll keep this brief as you will see for yourself soon enough. Activity  This shows favorites, follows, retweets, and more by people that you follow – this is next to @mentions, which now has your @name and retweets has gone  - this is being rolled out ... Read More »

There is another Phishing scam going around Twitter.  This is similar to the “Is this you in this picture”  and “Is this you in this video” You get a DM asking Is this blog about you with a link – here is the one I revived today. People are saying that when you click the link it takes you to a twitter ... Read More »

This is an old MSN scam which has now reached Twitter – the MSN scam was  trying to get  your credit card details and any other personal details, so I’m a bit wary of this one on Twitter. Its spreading fast as you can see from these Tweets ….. Its coming through as a DM from one of your friends, ... Read More »

There is a new Phishing scam or spam DM spreading quickly around Twitter at the moment,  seemingly a direct message that is sent from your friend  says…… (or similar) “I got huge discounts on Viagra, cialis and more, no prescription needed.” This is what twitter are saying …….. I didn’t click the link myself so I’m not sure where the link ... Read More »