Twitter is a fun and worthwhile website. For staying attuned to events around the world and checking out your friends’ lives, Twitter is great. Like any social networking avenue, though, scams run rampant. Staying smart and aware of possible threats is ever-important on a site where fraudulent schemes are so common. The following list identifies ways you can perceptive about Twitter scams.
- Be aware of links and users who promise you thousands of followers. You could become a suspected spammer and Twitter could disable your account due to a breach of contract.
- Avoid proposals of making money from home through Twitter.
- Before logging into your account, make sure you’re on the actual Twitter page. Some scams can duplicate the look of legitimate sites to gain your password and account information. You can check the address bar at the top of your web browser to validate your location.
- It’s percipient to modify your login password every once in a while. If a scammer gets a hold of your password, they can use your name to scam your followers.
- Don’t click on every link on your page. Even if you’re familiar with the person posting the link, if you’re unsure of the contents, it’s better to not click it. You risk acquiring a virus if you visit scam links.
- If you do tend to click on Twitter links often, update your anti-virus software so the program catches potential threats before they invade your system.
- If someone follows you, don’t follow him or her back unless you have surveyed his or her profile and determined if it’s someone you know or someone harmless.
- Don’t ever post confidential or extremely person information via Twitter.