Cybersquatting as domain squatting Cybersquatting is profit that is made from the goodwill of a trademark. The Domain Name Handbook defines cybersquatting as: “A name given to individuals who attempt to profit from the Internet by reserving and later reselling or licensing domain names back to the companies that invested time and money in developing [...]
Trademytweets[SCAM]com is a new variation of the old Tweeterfast, Tweeterfollow theme. Recent domains that have operated under the same gray umbrella are gettwitterfollowersforfree.com and SpreadMyTweets.com. Trademytweets claims: “How does it work? When you sign in with your Twitter details, our system will find you 20, 40, 60 or 100 other Tweeters. Then with these people [...]
I’ve been following the Tweeterfollow musical domain saga since late September 2009. The theme never changes. I’ve also written about their scam/phishing/twitter account hijackings here. Yesterday the Tweeterfollow (AKA: TF) domain push on Twitter was via Twtxtreme.info (currently disabled) using short url services tinyURL and retwt.me. Today it looks like TF is promoting twtkingz.info via [...]
Update: 10/06/2009 Though this was not an obvious phishing campaign that takes your money, McAfee Site Advisor Rating: Phishing or other scams This site uses your Twitter account info to send spammy messages to your followers. Here is an example: “I got 100 followers using http://TwitPWR.com/swf/ . Check it out!” This is a clear case [...]
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