WARNING: "Lost Weight In This Video" DM Scam Hits Twitter
There is as new Direct Message (DM) scam going around Twitter, which will try to steal your password. If you have received a DM today commenting on your weight, do not click the link.
We have more details on how to avoid the scam – and how to prevent it from happening to you in the future – below.
Sophos’ digital security blog Naked Security discovered this scam early Thursday morning.
DMs are being sent to unsuspecting Twitter users which include the following text:
“you look like you lost weight in this video… [LINK]”
And if you click on the link, you’ll be taken to what appears to be a standard Twitter login page, complete with the avatars of people to follow along the bottom and the text field for your username and password at the top.
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